#mluftweissberg

[advancedcomputing]

[advancedcomputing]

The project has moved into the prototyping phase.  Ive created a form consisting of two identical parts that opens to form a continuous surface.  I am fabricating the form with Lasercut ribs drawn from the surface geometry using grasshopper.  The opening motion will be triggered by a proximity sensor through arduino and will cause the two halves to slowly rise transforming into the continuous surface floating just above head height.  I am experimenting with using grasshopper to color the ribs from the center of the form outward OR from the center Plane outward.  The idea is that there is a relationship of inside to outside and top to bottom that is experienced through the transformation.  Also it is an interesting real world visualization of the analytical potential of grasshopper.

My prototype uses a paralax continuous rotation servo controlled with a radio transmitter and receiver all powered by batteries.  The final project will be powered by a high torque stepper motor and controlled by arduino and a proximity sensor.  The servo was barely strong enough to lift this empty shell of my project.  The platform is made of basswood and the pulley made of MDF

[advancedcomputing]

[advancedcomputing]

[advancedcomputing]

I experimented with breaking the grid and manipulating the distortion of the base unit with the tools at our disposal at the time.  I used units that reached outside individual unit parameters, 2D views of a 3D grid and a pattern intended to shift and slide together as ways of exploring the potential of the pattern making for pattern making and pattern perception.