Presentation_11.16.09

 

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Creating Spaces

 

This is a new attempt of creating a more flexible component in GC. There are some variables related to the front, back and middle points in order to have a better control of the curves and their height.

Here I populated this component in a simple array in order to create an aisle and how two “aisles” could connect.

 

The idea of double layering was something I was interested in from the beginning of this research. So I wanted to use this “shell” organization by creating two arrays of two different components.

 

In general I had to find a way to combine these components by giving the sense  of this transformation: from bold to soft or from volume to surface. Here are some pictures of 3dsmax where I tried to give to these lines flexibility in order to have new and various “openings”.

from Bold to Soft

Here I have worked a little bit more with the "blending" idea. In specific I tried to create an object depicting the columns' transformation from bold to soft and finally to a blended object with the roof. So I created this - like a tree - object which actually starts from one branch which is divided to three. Then I got one of these objects and after curving it I made some possible positions.

geometry and movement

This is San Lorenzo's dome and I tried to understand its geometry by using 3d software. I extracted the "bold" lines and then I made some changes like rotating or moving vertexes. I came up with this surface by multipling this 3d object and scale it.

spreading to the roof

Looking at this picture I noticed that the columns from solid and discrete objects become more plastic untill they blend with the roof. So I simplified this structure to lines and the result was an element dividing into three smaller. Afterwards I translated it to origami art and played with the surfaces by making openings or chamfering the edges.

shell - two different surfaces

Here is San Lorenzo church at Turin built by Guarino Guarini. What I found interesting here is the fact that this plan shows two completely different surfaces. It is like a shell where the interior with the sculpture and the ornaments makes difficult for the visitor to "read" the space and its geometry in contrast to the outside surface where everything seems more clear. So I took a part of this plan in order to experiment and see what will happen if I multiple, rotate or scale it.