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Oringal Study Model

This video demonstrates the study of light in motion through an installation designed through the use of digital fabrication. The study began with a rough mesh model constructed within one of my original light box experiment. I wanted to replicate a surface similar to a cave and see how a semi translucent material such as the metal mesh would help define the space while allowing light to enter.
After seeing automated scripts in modeling/vector based programs and their ability to create generative models I wanted to explore this type of media. the study began with the question of how can I digitally recreate the cave-like surface through digital fabrication. In this case I wanted to implement the laser cutter to fabricate the peices. I started by using Paracloud that creates generative design models by setting parameters around an already made surface from another program such as Sketchup. The results were promising but I was unable to export the model. Using Sketchup I was able to create a surface close to what I was looking for. Creating intersecting planes that were radial helped define openings through the surface that would allow indirect light while creating modulating surfaces that were defined by the shape of the interior face. The video also demonstrates the modulating effect that occurs when objects pass along the outer surface of the installation.

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From the beginning of assignment 2 I had an interest in light that pierces a room through simple opening in a space. Tadao Ando’s Church of light is a perfect example of a light source that almost gives the sense that it is cutting through the room . The openings  that were used in the Church of Light were vertical and horizontal elements that were very soft when hitting the surfaces. I wanted to exaggerate the light source with a dynamic angle that would pierce the room in a dynamic way. During the trial and error experiment s  attempting to exaggerate the angle the form similar to a zigzag came across as the most dynamic form that helped create the effect I was looking for.

Along with creating a dynamic light source through the space. I also wanted to create a secondary effect created by the opening that would involve bounced color changing the mood of the room during different times of the day. In order to achieve this segments facing the west orientation would be given a color while the east orientation would be treated with an entirely different color.  In the model I attempted to get a mixture colors that were in order according to a light to dark sequence. The assignment has helped shaped the direction of where I will take my final project by helping me identify the issues with bounced colors. It has exposed a need to have many trial and errors . It has also solidified how I will implement the installation as a facade of a room and its effects on interior space.

During our session of light and shadow we were introduced to look at shadows and how they can be manipulated in different ways. At the beginning of our first inclass shadow study I wanted to see how shadow shapes can be manipulated by folded openings that can possibly apply to shading membranes for buildings.  In exploring the effects of different aperture sizes on one screen demonstrates the capability of how the minor changes made to half the screen can affect the overall pattern of a set of shadows.

The screen is cut symmetrically with openings on one half allowing more light to penetrate. On the other half of the openings only the mininmum amount of light is allowed to pass through. The effect at different angles creates almost a sundial effect. Also the symmetrical pattern with different aperture sizes creates a modular piece that placed in a sequence could create very unusual patterns.