The Lotus Flower it’s a kinetic and dynamic structure. The goal of the exercise was to producing 3d printed pieces and explore the design opportunities arising from the potential and limitations of the technology to create a dynamic assembly with 2mm diameter rods linked together by 3d printed pieces. Our idea was to design just [...]
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Lotus Flower
Posted in Archana Kadaba Ramesh, Dhwani Samir Patel, Ricardo Perez Borbolla Also tagged 3d Print, Advanced Architecture, bending, digital fab, digital fabrication, Dynamic, fablab, movement, pipe structure, Rods, structure, thinking in 3D Comments closed
BLOOM
The idea was to create a structure that was deploy-able by unfolding and at the same time to imitate the flowers that open and close with the sun (nyctinasty).
Posted in Boney Virendra Keriwala, Mamta Srinivas, Maureen Eunice Estrella Lora Also tagged 3d printing, Advanced Architecture, digital fabrication, iaac Comments closed
Moving10
The primary goal was to design a kinetic structure that is supported by crossing elements of the same material to each other. This ultimately created a self supported free standing structure with the help of crossing components. We created several axes by grouping rods together to make the flexible components more durable. To achieve a [...]
Posted in Asif Rahman, Irina Shaklova, Sinem Samanci Also tagged 3d printing, digital fabrication, MAA 2013-2014 Comments closed
Curtain Holes
The joints were designed to take advantage of the 3d printer’s ability to create small, yet detailed 3-dimensional objects. Each joint has multiple holes to allow rods to fit in 8 different directions. The dynamic movement of the structure resembles that of a curtain. The structure can take several forms by sliding the joints through [...]
Posted in Dimitrios Aidonis, Karl Francalanza, Tobias Grumstrup Lund Øhrstrøm Also tagged 3d Print, curtain, fabrication, iaac, movement, Rods, white Comments closed