Contemporary Fabrication Techniques

France Pavilion Milan Expo 2015 - 1st The original building:  https://gegao214.blogspot.com/2019/06/pavilion-france-2015-milan-expo-project.html France Pavilion in Milan Expo is kind of like a waffle model, based on France's landscape. The reason why I choose this building for model making is, making a waffle model is what I want to do in this course, and the concept of France Pavilion is really worth to think about, and I want to learn their thinking process in the further study and work. For this model, the most difficult part is makeing the digital model, and finding out each pieces during the model making process How to make the digital model of it will introduce in the document. Scale: 1:200 Material: Plywood Material thickness: 1.5mm Techniques: Laser cut Software for digital file: Rhino6.0 Overview: Entrance: Inside: Xian Living House - 2nd The original building:  https://gegao214.bl...

Xian Living House The original building: https://gegao214.blogspot.com/2019/06/xian-living-house-project-matrix-3.html More model images: https://gegao214.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-fabrication-assignment-2.html The process of model making is not difficult. The shape and structure of this model are very basic. The deisgn point of this building is those moveable boards at the inside. And this part I used 3D print to make it out because of its scale. And it is my first time to use 3D print for making model, so some little errors happened during this process. The model which is produced by 3D print has 1-2 mm range of errors, and becuase it has support at the bottom, you should use sand paper to sand them before you put them into your model. Also, it has a limitation of the thickness. The scale of my model is 1:200, therefore, the thickness of those moveable boards is 2mm and it has a hole for put axes so the thinnest area is less than 1mm, you should consider the limited thickne...

Vijayawada Garden Estate Apartment The original building: https://gegao214.blogspot.com/2019/06/vijayawada-garden-estate-apartment.html More images of physical model: https://gegao214.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-fabrication-assignment-2.html This document is about the process of making Vijayawada Garden Estate Apartment. This building is similar to the other one I made in this course. Both of them are from the same Architectural firm. The feature of this concept is modular system and sustainability. Residents can design their own space especially the terrace area and building facade. So this model mainly presents its modifiable facade area and shows some options for reflecting its concept. The tricky part of this model is the fix device that holds the movable board, becuase the model itself is a conceptual design, not an actual building, and there are few cases in which modular esign can be fully implemented. So bascially there is no much information available on the structu...