Sunday, April 5, 2009
Further Personal Progression...
The article mentioned before mentions Neil Gershenfeld and he gives a fascinating talk on TED.com that is well worth watching... check it out!
Personal Project Progression
This is an interesting article which Murali sent me regarding the implementation of Digital Fabrication into "third world" environs. This applies to my interest so far as a social response to contemporary fabrication means. The article is entitled "MIT fab labs bring 'personal fabrication' to people around the world."
April 27- May 1
Monday :: April 27, 2009
Today was the first day of personal projects. Sara, Alana and Brad went today. They went pretty well. I was especially interested in the work Brad did. His responsive building facade utilized his work in Processing. I wish there might have been stronger ties between the beer making process and the facade.
Wednesday :: April 29, 2009
Today I went for my personal project. I presented on an extension of the work that I had done last semester in the BIM course I took. I found that this project was very fulfilling in that it took past work to the next level while also drawing strong ties between two courses I have taken, adding to the richness of my learning experience.
Friday :: May 1, 2009
Today the final group of personal presentations went today. My group member Mark Morris presented and gave a compelling presentation regarding the modeling technique he has used for site topographies. Although I was familiar with his work, it was great to see the culmination of all he had learned while also seeing the process he had gone through to get there.
Today was the first day of personal projects. Sara, Alana and Brad went today. They went pretty well. I was especially interested in the work Brad did. His responsive building facade utilized his work in Processing. I wish there might have been stronger ties between the beer making process and the facade.
Wednesday :: April 29, 2009
Today I went for my personal project. I presented on an extension of the work that I had done last semester in the BIM course I took. I found that this project was very fulfilling in that it took past work to the next level while also drawing strong ties between two courses I have taken, adding to the richness of my learning experience.
Friday :: May 1, 2009
Today the final group of personal presentations went today. My group member Mark Morris presented and gave a compelling presentation regarding the modeling technique he has used for site topographies. Although I was familiar with his work, it was great to see the culmination of all he had learned while also seeing the process he had gone through to get there.
April 20-24
Monday :: April 20, 2009
Today the responsive environments group facilitated conversation but most of the class time was dedicated to the discussion of how it related to architecture. Although this is very interesting to me I also would like to learn how it might have implications in other areas of study. Overall a good class with thoughtful discussion.
Wednesday :: April 22, 2009
Today the responsive environments group presented. There PowerPoint was very interesting and I was engaged to see different ways (practical and artistic) that it might be engaged. The whole issue of fiber-optics also interests me. I know it has been around a while, but how might it be used in an interactive environment more effectively or in new ways?
Friday :: April 24, 2009
Today the responsive environments group lead again. We spoke about the spread and use of such environments but I kept wondering how useful they are or what level of involvement I would wish to see them have in our society. Perhaps there is a balance to be had: many of the more practical applications seem useful.
Today the responsive environments group facilitated conversation but most of the class time was dedicated to the discussion of how it related to architecture. Although this is very interesting to me I also would like to learn how it might have implications in other areas of study. Overall a good class with thoughtful discussion.
Wednesday :: April 22, 2009
Today the responsive environments group presented. There PowerPoint was very interesting and I was engaged to see different ways (practical and artistic) that it might be engaged. The whole issue of fiber-optics also interests me. I know it has been around a while, but how might it be used in an interactive environment more effectively or in new ways?
Friday :: April 24, 2009
Today the responsive environments group lead again. We spoke about the spread and use of such environments but I kept wondering how useful they are or what level of involvement I would wish to see them have in our society. Perhaps there is a balance to be had: many of the more practical applications seem useful.
April 13-17
Monday :: April 13, 2009
Today Joe came to answer any questions we might have regrading Processing. Several of us shared our work that we have done thus far. We also went over the reading for the emerging visualization group. I brought up a question I had relating to the reading. I was wondering what it would take to make much of what has been invented in vogue.
This is the code I worked with:
This is what I was able to produce using Processing:
Wednesday :: April 15, 2009
Today we looked at how everyone did in their own personal exploration of Processing. It was cool to see how quickly everyone began to catch on to the concepts. This seemed to demonstrate how easy the interface is and how it could be catered for designers. My project wasn't the most exciting but I did learn a lot using it. It will be neat to see how it might make its way into future projects of mine.
Friday :: April 17, 2009
Today we had the speaker from Columbia speak. It was somewhat interesting but I still had trouble seeing how it went beyond models and into the real world environment. Joe and I helped lead class discussion. One question that I asked was in regards to the waste that is a byproduct of using digital fabrication and how that had been calculated into his equations for the efficiency of his projects. He said he had not ever considered it.
Today Joe came to answer any questions we might have regrading Processing. Several of us shared our work that we have done thus far. We also went over the reading for the emerging visualization group. I brought up a question I had relating to the reading. I was wondering what it would take to make much of what has been invented in vogue.
This is the code I worked with:
This is what I was able to produce using Processing:
Today we looked at how everyone did in their own personal exploration of Processing. It was cool to see how quickly everyone began to catch on to the concepts. This seemed to demonstrate how easy the interface is and how it could be catered for designers. My project wasn't the most exciting but I did learn a lot using it. It will be neat to see how it might make its way into future projects of mine.
Friday :: April 17, 2009
Today we had the speaker from Columbia speak. It was somewhat interesting but I still had trouble seeing how it went beyond models and into the real world environment. Joe and I helped lead class discussion. One question that I asked was in regards to the waste that is a byproduct of using digital fabrication and how that had been calculated into his equations for the efficiency of his projects. He said he had not ever considered it.
April 6-10
Monday :: April 6, 2009
Today the virtual environments group led a discussion around our experiences in Second Life. We went over the results to the scavenger hunt... I didn't do too well. We also discussed the potential applications of a virtual environment.
Wednesday :: April 8, 2009
Today was the first day of the emerging visualization group. They began by presenting a summative PowerPoint presentation on the subject. I found it was particularly interesting that the origins of the emerging visualization was in military aplications; simualting attacks to gun turrets.
Friday :: April 10, 2009
Today we watched a Ted.com video on the "sixth sense." This proposed product seems to have a lot of potential and derived substantial conversation. I was concerned about the feasibility of projecting an image on any surface since a projected image's visibility is dependent on relative illuminance (i.e. it would have to be brighter that the sun to be visable in daylight). Beyond that I feel that this ability to obtain with such emmediacy would be very beneficial.
Today the virtual environments group led a discussion around our experiences in Second Life. We went over the results to the scavenger hunt... I didn't do too well. We also discussed the potential applications of a virtual environment.
Wednesday :: April 8, 2009
Today was the first day of the emerging visualization group. They began by presenting a summative PowerPoint presentation on the subject. I found it was particularly interesting that the origins of the emerging visualization was in military aplications; simualting attacks to gun turrets.
Friday :: April 10, 2009
Today we watched a Ted.com video on the "sixth sense." This proposed product seems to have a lot of potential and derived substantial conversation. I was concerned about the feasibility of projecting an image on any surface since a projected image's visibility is dependent on relative illuminance (i.e. it would have to be brighter that the sun to be visable in daylight). Beyond that I feel that this ability to obtain with such emmediacy would be very beneficial.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Digital Fabrication: Personal Project
For my personal exploration into digital fabrication I am interested in building on past explorations into prefabricated housing for those in substandard living conditions. This past project can be viewed in depth by visiting "The Rio: A study in BIM and Small PreFab Housing." One key aspect that was missing from this project was connection details that would help it to be easily and securely fastened.
Research:
:: case studies of similar projects
:: existing wood connection brackets
:: examining other means of digital fabrication (for steel)
:: examining how CAD and CAD-CAM interface for such applications
Deliverables:
:: PowerPoint/presentation on process and outcomes
Research:
:: case studies of similar projects
:: existing wood connection brackets
:: examining other means of digital fabrication (for steel)
:: examining how CAD and CAD-CAM interface for such applications
Deliverables:
:: PowerPoint/presentation on process and outcomes
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