building the initial wall Adding in a mesh Finished and baked from grasshopper ...

Making the mesh and piping Final mesh and pipin...

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Group 15 – NeoStudio (WEAVING) – Chanmi, Laura, Triana This week we had the pleasure of viewing Chanmi, Laura and Triana's work from NeoStudio. NeoStudio was working on hotel facades this week that incorporated weaving and mesh work. They had to use a range of different computer softwares. Starting off in rhino and grasshopper, exporting it to 3dsmax to edit and then archiCAD, and finally submitting it into secondlife to work...

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This is a developed design of  the initial Utopian plant room  What we tried to do here was to make a warped form for the plant room. We went with an airy and open atmosphere by using a string facade. We tried to develop the idea of opposites (enclosed by is perimeters but spatially open). We hope to make the final out of clear perspex and fishing wire for a transparent look. Another development of...

These are a series of developments for our dystopian plant room. The idea we have for this room is to create a solid, dense exterior that is closed off from the outside and  have a series of wooden panels on the roof of the plant room to restrict airflow and ultimately, make the plant room air tight. This design is very sharp in terms of the angles used in the building. It will also deal with a range of materials that...

Paper, focused on the joining metho...

Foam Board, Pins, String...

We like house this building (in Chur, Switzerland) has a really dense, logical and cubist feel to it.  Very solid, complex, with lots of different parts to it. There are a lot of edges, repeated rectangular prisms. Highly geometric and enclosed This is something we want to pursue in one of our atmosphere - enclosure and density...

Our group quite likes the natural qualities of this building and its irregular shape.   Interesting how they used natural food/corn as insulation and wall cladding. We can see that is quite bright in the center due to the oculus. Very natural/organic feel. ...

It is really interesting to see how the joining system was done for this project. No glue or tape was used in the making of this honey comb wall, They used little laser cut triangular joining pieces that allowed for MFD panels to be slot in and joined together without any adhesive. I think it could be a pretty interesting idea to pursue in our atmosphere designs. For more information, visit her...

This pavilion is a great inspiration for what our utopia plant room can be like. We love the simplicity of this design, however, still containing fundamental structural elements to create the form of the pavilion. This pavilion is located in Winnipeg, MB, Canada and is designed by Kevin Erickson. It is near the Assinboine River (world's longest naturally frozen skating trail). These pavilions are placed...

- Transparency film paper can be used safely for printing- Commonly used on overhead/projection machines - Transparent qualities - Comes in a variety of sizes and thickness  - Melts in warm temperatures, leaving the surface distorted - Can be used to draw on - When engraved, there are subtle qualities that look quite refined - Bendable and waterproof - Quite sturdy, won't tear easil...

  - MDF is a medium-density fiber board that is commonly used in the furniture industry ie kitchen cabinets, cupboards and wardrobes - It is broken down into soft wood fibers from hard wood and soft wood and compressed together. - Stronger and denser than other woods - Denser than plywood - Smooth finish - It does not contain any wood like texture (ie knots and rings) - It contains urea formaldehyde which is an...

- Perspex, also known as Poly(methyl methacrylate)- Was developed in the early 1900s- It is a lightweight transparent thermoplastic- It is often used instead of glass- Perspex has properties that allows ti to be engraved and laser cut- It is waterproof, sturdy and durable- Heavier than wood- Comes in a variety of colours - transparent or opaque- Disadvantage of using this would be that it scratched easily- Often used c...

Trying to create a plant room defined by layering and joining together different panels to create a dense and enclosed effe...

The cell form is quite interesting in the fact that it has a thin barrier and an unfixed form. We can interpret an image of a cell as a plan (like the one above) where the little systems inside the cell could be an arrangement of furniture or household objects. For both hotels, we are quite interested in stripping back to the fundamental building blocks of their respective backgrounds. The utopia hotel will...