DIGITAL FABRICATION ::: EXERCISE 1 – LAMP ::: GROUP 19

By hunia.tomoum | Published: December 4, 2011
Digital Fabrication final output ::: Lamp

Material

We were assigned the bending technique using Paper/Cardboard. In our preliminary 3d model manual sketching we used 80g/sqm A4 sized papers. We wanted to design a lamp that is composed of several small units that interlocks and curves in more than one direction. We finally arrived to 0.6mm thick cardboard as it is not too thick in order to easily bend it in small scaled units and neither is it too thin in order to retain its curvature after bending.

Units' formation

Geometry

Initially, we were trying to apply the concept of the geodesic dome, but using random units by which all the small units work together to form the whole. The challenge was how to create a random pattern of units of the same family or language (originating from a grid) so that together the units composes a lamp that it is viewed differently from different angles and dropping different shadowing effects.  Through our research, we found an interlocking connection, that we then developed  to assemble our units together. This connection end was then copied and mirrored and rotated along the 360 degrees one every 45 degrees,  in order for us to have a polar grid of 8 connection ends. From this grid we linked the connection ends by curvilinear lines, creating different formations of two, three, four and five sided versions of the same language.

Units - Grouping - Idea of engraving

Group19: GOKUL RAJ KAILASH, HUNIA TAREK TOMOUM, YAPING CHEN

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DIGITAL FABRICATION : LAMP

By diana.leon | Published: December 4, 2011

Photo by Mara Sylvester

The lamp project was developed using paper/cardboard with bending technique. The concept pursued through this project, was the pureness of the material and technique. Because of this reason, geometries were explored in order to give structure to the paper. Additionally, it was necessary a folded element to achieve the needed stability of the piece. Finally, the connection between the lamp and the electrical device was designed from the same geometry.

Material

Cardboard: Opalina  510*650 mm

Color: White

Weight: 250 grs

Cutting and engraving

Cutting process: Speed= 50  Power=40

Engraving: Speed= 95   Power=3

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Folding Wood

By anna.kulik@iaac.net | Published: December 2, 2011

WOODEN FOLDED LAMP

The main purpose of our project was to find out how to work with material, what are its features. Our technology was folding, and material – wood. So we wanted to prove, that we could really fold it. Work with a material in its extreme points.

After we found the technique, we started creating the lamp, thinking about main purposes: avoidance of the direct light; thoughts about the rhythm; saving materials; using of one-way fold to save time of cutting process; creation of the form from one piece – without the introduction of any other materials (like glue) in between.

PERCENTAGE OF USING MATERIALS

THEORY

A=410*462=189420mm² = 1894 cm²
B= A – lamp hole (r=14mm) = 189420 – 615.44 = 188804.56 mm² = 1888 cm²
C=A-B= lamp hole (r=14mm) = 615.44
D=B/A*100= 0.996 = 99.6%

REALITY ( WITH 2 CM MARGE)

A = 450*502 = 22590mm² = 2259cm²
B = A – 2cm Marge – lamp hole (r=14mm) = 189420 – 615.44 = 188804.56 mm² = 1888 cm²
C=A-B= lamp hole (r=14mm) + 2cm Marge  = 615.44 + 36480 = 37095.44mm² = 370cm²
D=B/A*100S=.835=83.5%

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Controlled Debris : Lamp

By gabriel-bello | Published: November 30, 2011

The given material was wood. Our inspiration came from ivy, glaciers and debris. The technique focused on focal points in ribbing and creating angular joints. As we continued our investigation, the incorporation of the complex shape with the radial ribbing was too elaborate for our first project; we would need more time with the machine and for assembly. So we simplified our shape into a rectangle which ended up being a great transformation. The final product now was not only a light but could be used as a coffee table or an end table.

Material Information:

4,32 m² – surface area of the sheet used

2,41 m² – surface area of the material used for the lamp

1,91 m² – surface area of the material not used

Our material was not used efficiently. Smaller panels (600mm x 800mm x 5mm) are bad for fitting the pieces for cutting, which causes huge material waste (in our case ≈45%). Bigger panels (1200mm x 600mm x 5) due to their size are bended, that makes very difficult finding the right Z position of the laser, leads to increment of the cutting power (from 150 to 170).


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Digital Fabrication assignment 1 : The LAMP / Student projects

By iaac | Published: November 24, 2011

The aim : of the exercise is for students to get familiar with the first of three digital fabrication tools that will be explored during the course: the laser cutter. By the end of the course, every student should be familiar with modeling digitally, inventing strategies to translate a geometry into an articulated constructible solution, producing the cad file to be used for machining, fabricating the pieces and assembling them into a finished object. The main particularity of the laser cutter as a fabrication technology is that it is exclusively used on sheet materials. Apart from the skills and tasks mentioned above, the student will have to work inventively and creatively to imagine and produce a three dimensional object that exploits some of the properties of the material. For example, paper is a material that can be folded or bent to achieve three-dimensionality. To reach these assembled objects, the student will have to work out manners in which to join, to attach, to connect the various pieces of their object (or the one and only piece). To emphasis this aspect, students have to design their assembly strategies without the use of neither glue nor nails, and preferably without mechanical connections such as screws. The outcome of the exercise consists of a lamp. Every group will present, at the end of the exercise, a fabricated piece. It is important to understand that the aim of the course is what was identified in the previous paragraph and is not an exercise into lamp design. Students
should therefore not start the project by emphasizing on the design of the lamp, but rather on understanding the potential of the material, technique and joinery possibilities. The lamp should be a well fabricated piece which stands on it s own, ready to be sold in the best design shops of Barcelona!

Students results:

Photos credit: Mara Sylvester
Material : Paper

1. Group 20 : Noor Alain Ahmed, Nasim Sehat,Seiichi Eduardo Suzuki Erazo
2. Group 2 : Akhil Kapadia, Angel Fernando Lara Moreira, Jinglu Zhu
3. Group 13 : Gonzalo Manuel Garriga,  Seif El-Din Shawky, Inder Prakash Shergill
4. Group 7 : Pavel Aguilar Urquidez, Sasa Jokic, Chun-Yu lin
5. Group 1 : Nasim Fashami, Diana Raquel León Roman, Alejandro Nuñez López
6. Group 8: Hulda Jonsdottir, Emily Santos, Minu Surana

Photos credit: Edouard Cabay

Material : Plexiglass

1. Group 12 : Maria Elena Amescua Dacasa, Raja Vingesh Murugan Chitra, Christina Vlanti
2. Group 18: Jose Starsky Naya Lara, Ya Ping Chen, Jayanthimala Gokulrajkaisah Thangarajan,  Hunia Tomoum
3. Group 6 : Mehran Haghbinghomi, Ranjini Manimudi, Farshad Mehdizadeh

4. Group 5: Akram Ahmed Salah, Pavlos Bakagiannis, Aron Biro
5. Group 23 :  Nicolas Fueyo, Lok Man Lee, Jianhong Wu
6. Group 11: Alessandra antonetti, Golrokh Shahbaz, Swethambari Sridharan

Photos credit: Mara Sylvester

Material: wood

1. Group 10: Avershima Iyortyer, Maria Ponz Dacuña, Liv Grete Stromme Framgard
2. Group 16: Kholoud Alhamdan, Devyani Gupta, Arian Hakimi Nejad
3. Group 15: Einar Hlér Einarsson, Marilena Georgantzi, Deniz Tümerdem
4. Group 3: Seyedahmad Bathaei, Vicente Gasco Gomez, Jesus Efrain Sapien Soto
5. Group: 21 Oscar Gomez de la Vega, Guruprakash Govindasamy, Mohsen Marizad
6. Group 9: Alexandre Dubor, Theodoros Grousopoulos, Anna Kulik

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