Oct 11, 2007
Triple Mesh Structure (1)
My intention is to create three structures woven and not joined. The form is basically one shape that has been arrayed twice.
Draw a 2D of a tri-arcular form.
Finding the basic module. Generate and analyze rules.
Revolve side profile. Extrude top profile.
Intersect.
This is the unrepeated module. Mirror, array, 3d mirror , rotate etc… will build the mesh.
Building up the mesh.
See the Triple Mesh Structure (2) for more studies.
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AAqtash
Hashim,
The manner in which you have presented the sequence of resolving the complex weave in a clear process should be commended. I know formatting the work is not simple and takes time to work out. The shape you have derived is not too different from some of the design processes that Gaudi had taken to produce some of his formal exploration. Being descriptive and aware of solid geometry is a means of producing purity and continuity. I understand continuity is one of the challenges you had set out for yourself with this geometrical problem. You have achieved it and now your interested in deploying the triple mesh on to double curved surfaces, but before you take on that task, I think it would be good to explore some geometrical shifts such as scaling the triple mesh with in a surface. Understanding the capacity of the triple mesh to vary its openings and thickness with some type of logic would start to inform you of how far this mesh can be pushed. Once you have understood this, one can start to move within a more complex field and engage it with the geometrical mobility you have learned from the previous geometrical operations / exercises. We should talk a bit more and see what shapes would be good to push double curved forms. Neil and I will be available this weekend if you need to talk or you can just write back in this post. Thank you
Oct 11th, 2007
Hashim Sulieman
Aqtash,
Thank you for your e-mail and comments. I came to SOM on Friday and met Neil. It is a very cool place over there with all the hanging models!
Regarding the triple mesh:
I am planning to re-draw the model in Digital projects and set the height , thickness and span of the module as parameters to easily review the transformation. I will start this on Wednesday. I agreed with Greg who also working in patterns to join efforts in this research.
Next will be wrapping the pattern around a cylinder- which was easier using a double mesh (90-degrees). but the soultion will be different in the Triple one (60 degrees) .
As yo said: it is better to exhaust the possibilities at each stage before steping to the second, but I already began researching the double curved surfaces and I find myself halfway there.
I will be working with polyhedrons as a base fo my pattern. Platonic solids , specifically the Dodecahedron (pentagons); and the Archimedean solid, specifically the truncated icosahedron (pentagons & hexagons).
Right now the model is finishing up and will upload it for your review.
See you on Thursday.
Oct 17th, 2007
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