DS17 SHELL LACE

University of Westminster MArch with Tonkin Liu

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3D Scanning

http://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/15234

Dalhousie University have a collection of 3D scans of shells, including the Nautilus shell, which all import as meshes in Rhino. Potentially a useful way of studying the shells - taking accurate measurements, enlarging details, or even 3D printing the entire shell.

There are also some examples on thingiverse, which have already been 3D printed, including this:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53559 

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Diamond Vault render

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A 15th Century Cathedral Transformed into a Modern Bookstore

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/a-15th-century-cathedral-transformed-into-a-modern-bookstore/

Jun

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DS 17 working so hard

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Ieva Bartkeviciute 

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Initial exploration of Sea Shell and Coral Reef forms, followed by methodical introduction into Shell Lace forms as a structural devices. See plasticine models as a response to initial natural structures in addition to paper shell lace investigations here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By35U2f0TTp8a0JFX0hmdkhSUUE&usp=sharing -mburnett

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Structure investigation - Natasha Khambhaita

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Scotch Bonnet Seashell and Venus' Flower Basket - Natasha Khambhaita

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Exploration of hinged jointed folded plate structures - mLoosley

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As promised,

Here are the model investigation pages from the review yesterday.

Chris 

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Hi Everyone

Here is my natural item analysis from the review we had yesterday.

My model investigations of structure and shell lace will be in the next upload.

Cheers,

Chris

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DS 17 Crit this Thursday 2-6pm, Tailoring Workshop next Monday 9:30 - 12noon

Dear all,

Very nice to see all of you and your work yesterday.

Please note two changes:

Crit this Thursday 10th October: will begin at 2pm in the unit space.  We will run two groups in parallel in order to see everyone's work.

Ed Clark and Alex Reddihough and Eliodoro Bigi will join us.

The afternoon will end with an Intro to Shell Lace Structure, when we will hand out Brief B, Introduction to Shell Lace Structure.

  Tailoring Workshop Monday 14th October: Will be run by Annie Shellard, Geometrist and Pattern Cutter, and Mike Tonkin, 9:30 to 12.

Please come with scissors, paper, tape, pins, foam board.

  Looking forward to Thursday, I'm sure that you will learn from seeing your own and others'  work on the wall.  

I would like to emphasise that the very minimum requirement include the analysis line drawings and photographs of your cut and uncut shells.

If you do not complete these I will consider it a non-submission, not to mention a disservice to the beautiful shells you've chosen, cut up, observed.

It is very important that you document the shells thoroughly, before we move on to the next Brief.

  The next two weeks after Thursday will focus on Shell Lace Structure, involving tailoring, laser-cutting, fabricating with different materials.

Thanks.

Kind Regards, Anna

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Comments from Michael Pawlyn

I think it is important that the students grasp the idea of an ecological niche - it's partly spatial and partly functional so a useful parallel to architecture. Essentially organisms have evolved to do particular things in particular places and the form that they have evolved is usually a response to that particular way of living and the many constraints that exist (climatic factors, available materials, how to find food, how to reproduce, protection from predation, etc. etc.). Understanding the ecological niche is therefore essential to working out the key question: 'Why is the organism the way it is / why does it look like that?'.

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Natural Structure Observations - Cyanara Cardunculus [Globe Artichoke]

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Some Advice from Vince

I think it is important that the students grasp the idea of an ecological niche - it's partly spatial and partly functional so a useful parallel to architecture. Essentially organisms have evolved to do particular things in particular places and the form that they have evolved is usually a response to that particular way of living and the many constraints that exist (climatic factors, available materials, how to find food, how to reproduce, protection from predation, etc. etc.). Understanding the ecological niche is therefore essential to working out the key question: 'Why is the organism the way it is / why does it look like that?'.

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Some of my pages from the 1st Crit. I have been looking at folding of the Rams Murex shell and structure of Termite Mounds. Justin