WEEK 5: PROCESS TO BUILDING AN IDEA
30/03/17 — Collaborative idea development
How does it relate to Stress Reaction?
The relation to stress reaction is pretty solid, each Intersection in the grid (framework) represents a different person, the dynamic fabric structure (represents stress) is where people walk through, and represents how it interacts differently with each entity. Some parts of the grid won’t have any contact with fabric to be suggestive that not all people experience stress, thus do not react to stress.
So to summarise our idea entirely:
THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION
We combined a 3 dimension grid space with a dynamic, and fluid fabric ribbed structure. I have also written which group we have considered, while building the idea.
CONCEPTUAL: FINDING MEANING
- Grid — The intersections represent people
- Fabric — Represents stress and how it impacts people as they react to stress differently, creates a journey and experience for users
STRUCTURAL: FUNCTIONS
- Grid Structure
Structural support — Doubles as a structural system for the fabric ribs (Digital Fabrication)
Seating — Module boxes made to fit within the 450 x 450 grid, approximately the same height of a normal chair
Storage — Hololense storage, housing of technical hardware: Module boxes made to fit within the 450 x 450 grid, can be placed anywhere, possible intersecting of cubes into the fabric structure which can be used as tables for displaying mobile AR’s symbol for mobile recognition (Mobile AR + VR + IOT)
Fabric Structure
Cover — Material choice (i.e. different types of material thicknesses or textures) impacts lighting levels and lighting distribution in the space and can be controlled by AR/VR requirements (Mobile AR + VR)
Consideration of latex fabric: recommended by Peter
Available online: 92–100cm wide, by up to 10m
Easy assemble — Module style construction using separated ribbed sections (Digital Fabrication)
Joints — Hook onto grid with clasp cover (Digital Making)
Colour — White to be preferred by Mobile AR, also a cheaper alternative to other colours (but what about the sun illuminating the fabric, will it affect the performance of the Hololense? Maybe not, depending on the material thickness — we can control this. And also if needed, some type of lining can be used to add thickness and reduce more light?) (Mobile AR + VR)
Other forces, loads or issues to consider and possible solutions:
Weather —The structure is completely covered (Excluding the relaxation area for stage 5). Technical hardware can be stored in the 450 x 450 module boxes to provide cover.
Lighting — Material thickness is flexible and can be used to control light levels. What about lighting at night? — Ali suggested a perforated structure to be lit up for lighting purposes. The initial ‘skylight’ that was dividing fight from flight in stage 3 and 4, could be turned into a perforated feature that lit up at day/night. This could be good for IOT to look into. Design iterations of this feature should be made.
(To be considered for AR/VR and to be controlled by IOT)
Falling or leaning — If someone was to fall or lean on the ribbed fabric structure it will be an unexpected load. To overcome this and to equal out the weight, we should suggest more ribs to create more tension in the fabric, thus, less impact on the structure.
High material use — Material can be taken away from the grid to reduce costs, grid should be strictly structural but also adds to aesthetics
Why cubes and not triangles? — Reduces material (No additional support is required), would be awkward to work with as we won’t be able to make modules for storage or seating as easily.
Why not do something simpler, like making the fabric supported with ribs, instead? —Because its actually weaker, it also needs the horizontal support
Cost — We can subtract from the grid structure as it does not need to completely fill the boundary space. It can be strategically placed and optimised to be in positions where structural support is added.
THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
All day Emily and I have been developing a concept all around the idea of Stress Reaction. A group of about 10 of us was also here developing ideas. After our design was finalised we collaborated to ensure we were all on the same page.
HOW IT BEGUN…
We were inspired by this precedent.
TRANSPARENT SHELL by PONE Architecture
The following messages are from our class group chat where Emily and I explain the main concept behind our idea to see what they think. We tried to provide reason for all of our design choices to ensure all groups were satisfied.
So, external framework?
Should I rephrase? Like, in the precedent, the curvy form is all held together by this grid-like-lattice-framework-thing, on the outside. Is that what you’re proposing? —
In a sense, yes
Is the blue and purple structure, in your sketchbook Catherine, is that the form? Are there “rooms” for AR and VR to play with? Or is it just tunnels?
No, that’s just conceptual representation, the Floor plan is flexible and can be adapted for each group, and they are not necessarily rooms but spaces But it’s most likely to have a lot of openings around the structure for emergency purposes
We have also considered ribbing to be attached to the grid structure and possibly the use of plastic tubing (LEDs possibly could be encased within for IOT?, Something to consider) Also in relation to joints, the idea is for the ribbing to hook onto the grid surrounding it
Sounds good. Though, if you’re explaining it, don’t say that the multiple exits are for emergency purposes. Surely there’s a better way to reason through that.
But yeah, for my group specifically, I can’t critique a potential form until we have a solid floor plan and what not. Great idea so far
So we also reconfigured the space we have (12000 x 12000) to something like this: (With the same area so we thought it was okay)
But then we led it to this: where we use a bit more space but we thought it would be okay as shown:
And we have this floor plan(Really flexible, we want all your guys input on it): (refer to bottom right diagram)
Also in relation seating / storage or anything we thought the grid is a consistent 450×450 or 900 x 900, and cubes can be used for seating or hiding away the technical stuff, also can be used for storing Hololenses
To conclude today’s meeting…
This idea I believe is strong in concept and has a lot of potential if people are happy with our design considerations. We hope to work further into this concept to ensure optimisation of design, and functions are all up to standard.
