Final poster (Submission)

Final A2 Poster

Grasshopper file : http://www.gamefront.com/files/20169839/3326192

Week 4 Task : Final Draft poster + 500 words text

This is the final DRAFT A2 Poster, along with the 500 words text.

Leaf Structure – “Organic” Structure to Structural “Design”

Leaf is an organic natural object which is the important key element to help balance the equilibrium of nature. Leaf plays it great important role in the nature. As can be described as “the source of food” of all the trees, leaf then become a significant key element which is formed with great structure itself and function its role to satisfy the nature.

Leaf plays its part where it circulates the food around the tree. With the tubes that are consisted of two types that help transport food and water for tree. Moreover leaf hold on the process of photosynthesis that transform all the food received into carbohydrate and so produce seed and fruit. Considering such a great important role of the leaf, leaf then has its own great complex structure in order to process those systems.

 Leaf Structure consisted of varieties of different piece of the geometry on the surface and also “inside” the structure that formed layer to the leaf. In each layer the function and role is also different. According to this fact I then came up with the idea of taking leaf structure into the approach of structural design model. On the surface of the model, it is a formation on different shape of geometry lays on top of the tube structure that run across the whole structure and all connected. This is to represent the idea that “xylem” and “phloem”, the tubes which is transport foods  in tree, is represented in the “tube” or “pipe” form, running around the layer underneath the top surface. These tubes are formed in relation to the point on the surface. In each end of geometry shape on the surface, points on edge of the shape will be the start point for the tube. The reason this idea applied is that to show that the tube take the food from the surface and then bring it across the whole structure running across, overlap and parallel to other tube from other point on the surface and so transport food to the lower level of layer in leaf. Similar to how the system of xylem and phloem works.

In addition to the detail in structure, the overall “look” of the model is also presented in leaf-liked organic form. This is to support the idea and emphasize the relationship to the leaf structure that I want to show.  The main structure of the model is that the curvy line which present the sense of organic element and the straight tube line which present the idea of engineering system that created in the incredible piece of nature. This idea creates a great contrast in term of “natural element” and “engineering system”. It seems to amaze me that such a tiny piece of leaf can contain such a great system that consisted of great structure in a complex level. Leaf can be one of the amazing structure system that function a great role for the most important element, such the tree.

Task to be completed for week 4 : Draft Poster Grid

First draft layout..

Task to be completed for week 4 : Rendered model (Iterations)

These images are rendered in 3ds max using default render tool.

Task to be completed for week 4 : Futher research on the model

These are some images show the structure that are inspired by leaf structure.

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Image 4

Image 5

Reference :
Image 1 :http://lynnvanderstocken.blogspot.com/2010/11/summary-nature-inspired-design.html
Image 2 :http://andresalvador.smugmug.com/keyword/amazon/1/91364573_5nDBZ/Medium
Image 3 :http://narwilliams.com/blog/2009/06/03/pulp-science-five-future-cityscapes/
Image 4:http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=monterey
Image 5:http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/08/amphibious-floating-garden-that.html

Week 3 Task : Images of Experimental Model

These are images captured when I was experimenting on model..

And some quick rendered image in rhino.

Week 3 Task : Going through tutorials and experimenting on model

I have been through some of the suggested tutorials from other students' blogs and so I have tried to learn the one that I think it could be applied into my model project.

The first tutorial is that the randomized field tutorial which teach me to create the point places in random position. This could be developed to the points where will be the centre of each piece of geometry for my model. Since the main idea is that, random point form random shape and structure.

 Another tutorial is that divide point on curve and create pipe. "Pipe" or "tube" are the term and element that I have mentioned previously in the blog update. Tubes can be considered as the main structure in my model. Therefore this tutorial could be useful for my model project as well. Since I want to create a tube that run through the whole structure of the model.

Then I experimented on the diffrent shape. I was playing around with circle which for now can be replace the the random shpae that I will have to develop later on.

As well as the circles above but I ctried on with LINE and create pipes t make a solid tube into structure. Result in more complicate structure with the connection of line and tubes.

I then extrude the line to create the structure, to have the height component. This is the create the structure that consisted of base, depth and height.

Playing around with the value and link, result in this structure.