Post-war one

We will have this breakthrough of translating

1. Kinetic Model,

2. Static Model,

3. Energy Data Diagram and;

4. Human Ergonomic Diagram

into one unified, and justified language in 7 weeks. Perhaps Tokyo is a proper break without a break for us? Time to refresh, re-strategize and rework.

I must admit, this is my best experience in architecture so far and I am glad you guys are on board.

Special thanks goes out to Julie Eizenberg from Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Stanislav Roudavski, Tom Kvan, Justyna Karakiewicz, Eugene Cheah and Steve Hatzellis for participating in our crit. I've recorded the one hour conversation for reference without you guys knowing. ; )

the interim post-mortem

What I emptied out from my brain post-crit while I was still reeling with adrenaline:

"What can you do with Maya that you can't do with the physical model?" - Julie Eizenberg

For starters, we can first try simulating the deformation without the stitching of the cloth to a boundary.

One of the constraints that was problematic for us in the making of the physical model was that we felt the need to stitch it's edges to a frame. We were striving to break away from a conventional minimal surface model, and yet we ended up settling for and conforming with the "traditional" set-up.

Now that we can use Maya to further our investigations, perhaps it would be worthwhile to explore the possibilities of a tension net structure:-

1) with or without a perimeter framing
2) types of frames; and,
3) comparing the results regardless of whether we get to an eventual result that we can predict will be useful to us or not.

Better to have a tested experiment that has failed us than a neglected unexperimented hypothesis, no matter what it is still will be a worthy outcome.

DON'T PANIC

We will "ving-it" fellas!

interim and beyond

Everything that has happened is as we predicted. We knew what we were getting into as a group. This is boring. When was the last time surprises in design were in fashion? (no pun intended ha)

When the concern for the final outcome overshadows the concern of the self, magic happens. I want magic and I want it with fire. And I want the crits to leave without their jaws. Time to push.

manipulated cloth

one pinch point and three circular incisions
were made on a rectangular cloth
we then animate it with gravity
and apply three sets of deformations
it needs more control
especially in terms of the validity of the 'emergence'
and function, of course
but it gives an idea of what we can achieve

WAA

Branding – we aim to tickle human’s innate ability to appreciate ingenious creativity (not necessarily beautifully designed products) through verbal expression. WAA is the pun of a common expression used to express a strong reaction (as alarm or astonishment)[1] such as: “WHOA!”, “WAH!” and “WOW!”. This expression is just as common and as intuitive as the word “papa” or “mama”.[2]

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[1] Taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoa

[2] “papa” and “mama” are global words: they exist in almost all countries and cultures and carry the exact same meaning – best of all, they can be understood without explanation.

parellels

Draw parellels between fashion and architecture?

The act of putting on clothes, different clothes for every season is fundamentally to adapt and to anticipate the changing conditions of our environment. We change clothes every day, and the types of clothes differ every season.

However, we can't build a new house, a new school or a new office tower every season. So instead we make buildings adaptable all year round. Through "component proliferation" or "local manipulation of a larger global system" Menges in "Morpho-ecologies: Approaching Complex Environments" (whatever that means) we make buildings that transform instead of a static computer iteration of a building form that is a compromise or a balance of a few important criteria.

Now, a building like that will make itself so-last-season, over and over again. What an oxymoron.

Where does this lead to?

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