Team members: Antonio Tamez y and Daniela Quesada Rivas
Process
We decided to begin with an agreed triangulation design fro the composition of the mass, and then individually experimented with different trial bricks:
The first dealt with the extrusion of curves to form poly-surfaces as the body and structure of the lego brick. However this resulted in a bulkier configuration than originally envisioned, and we encountered problems boolean-joining the volumes.
The second approach was a deviation from the triangulation of the facade, but trying to maintain a structural web to the design, this time with curvilinear perforations. This approach worked only for the sides of the brick, and we could not integrate the cylindrical parts of the lego into the design.
We returned to a triangulation of the structure of the bricks, so we could incorporated the cylinders and the voids into the overall vocabulary of the brick’s design. The brick’s components were not joining properly and we had to add more elements to make it more structurally sound.
The final brick had the structural elements in a frame that composed the brick in its entirety, from the sides to the cylindrical tops and voids at the bottom.
Picking up the brick at the DHUB:
The brick was printed with 3 others in a batch. As part of the process, it then had to be cleaned manually first, then with an air brush as a preliminary step. The brick was sill in a fragile state so it was then doused in a strengthening solution before it reached a final rigid state.
Printed Brick:
