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PROJECT 2 :MATERIAL MEMES

RUJIRADA JUTHASANTIKUL

PATRICK DONBECK

                                         

Continuing from the last phase by experimenting on a series of experiments and reproductions, creating a research trajectory on selected candidate materials. Conduct iterative design experiments towards an architectural component which positions material capacity as a fundamental seed for design development.

For the first experiment, using the concept of IFTTT, the idea of online services that connect a huge applications and services to one another in order to create new experiment. IFTTT works as a intermediary to pull a distinctive identities of each services and combine together.

Therefore, I use the idea of combining thing together in order to create new material that compose more than one characteristic. As concrete has its initial form as a small particle which is easier to mix with other materials, i brought concrete and mix with several material that have their unique performance such as :

GEL
GLUE
TIMBER
OPTIC FIBRE
FLUORESCENT POWDER
PLASTIC
ETC.

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This plate briefly give a definition of each material that I have chosen and shows the result product of concrete mix to another.

sample of the result of the experiment

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In component plate, there were some examples of how can each new material can purpose one architectural component. 

From left to right

1. The first one is the concrete combine with optic fibre which have ability to transmit light between the two ends of the fibre.

2. The second material is the gel ,which gel itself very fragile, soft and exhibits no flow when in the steady-state but will change into liquid when receive heat,however when it mix with concrete, it more harder but still soft.

3.  As the timber have a characteristic as an insulator, when it mix with concrete it compose a mixture of insulator material.

4. The last one was the mixture of concrete with fluorescent powder in order to make the concrete glow in the dark.

For the second experiment, borrows the concept from adidas sole, I focusing on the topic of compression and flexibility of material. For the initial experiment, I purpose a sample of a material that similar to sole which is napkin, scotch brite, bread, and straw.

normal running shoes

scotch brite

napkin

bread

straw

From the experiment I found out that straw have more ability to bounce back but still remain the same form, therefore I continue choose the straw and work on other arrangement.

rearranged straw

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In the Evolve plate shows the mapping of the first experiment to see the change of each material and the come up idea of the component by arranging the straw.

schematic of possible arrangement

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After "+" sign became the component, the second plate shows the possible schematic sample from that form.

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1. wide cross : more structural support

2. dense cross : single solid stand.

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In the component plate, it shows the combination of various cross that happen in one space which can become both ceiling for one floor and floor for the other. The most dense part for a space that need high compression force while the more wide cross for the space that need more flexible fore the program. As there are two obvious type of arrangement the support have to be different. I purpose two type of pillar ; first one for dense cross which already well-support therefore a single solid stand is enough for the component itself, however the more wide cross need more support therefore the structure of the pillar has to be more complicated.

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In the context plate shows the arrangement of the space and the composition of the component. as the floor and the ceiling have a same system : wide cross , normal cross and dense cross; the space can be adjustable  which serve a different purpose of the program above or below 
the system of the wall  were stacking as same as a form if straw allowing the empty space which other component can add in between. using the experiment on IFTTT give various type of material that also provide a different function.