I like the toy! and I also believe this type of 1-dimensional extrusion creating a 3D surface has a lot of potential in computational design. In this proposal, it makes sense to have this system to create free-form functional landscape, allowing various activities. Also, simply by nature, the system is showing great possibility of form modification.
My concern in this project is a balance between idea and given material. We are given t=6mm plywood, and that is difficult to be used as long, narrow piece to stand straight. The element may bent by its own weight when it's high, and may not strong enough even if it's low. We may not have extra budget to purchase this much of non-plywood material due to the cost issue, so the main element and structure shall all be made out of t=6 plywood. As you are suggesting, it could be + section to make it rigid, but when it is too long, finger joint is difficult to use without using additional fixture, which would also cost quite a bit. Also, the base structure to hold each element needs to be quite strong, therefore if only t=6mm is available, the material may not strong enough for this type of structure. If above issues can be resolved, I believe this proposal has quite a big potential to be realized with great flexibility.
The system you have made with the possibility of making various kinds of space by few actions is interesting enough. I would want to see how would you control the height of the poles using what kind of constraints with computational method.
Although the design is well suited to our theme, please keep in mind that we have some limit for using the material. We have only 30 6mm plywood per team for this workshop and we cannot rely on using any other materials. It is important to think how you could make the same system with this limited material and you also have to consider how you could cut the wood with less waste.
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I like the toy! and I also believe this type of 1-dimensional extrusion creating a 3D surface has a lot of potential in computational design. In this proposal, it makes sense to have this system to create free-form functional landscape, allowing various activities. Also, simply by nature, the system is showing great possibility of form modification.
My concern in this project is a balance between idea and given material. We are given t=6mm plywood, and that is difficult to be used as long, narrow piece to stand straight. The element may bent by its own weight when it's high, and may not strong enough even if it's low. We may not have extra budget to purchase this much of non-plywood material due to the cost issue, so the main element and structure shall all be made out of t=6 plywood. As you are suggesting, it could be + section to make it rigid, but when it is too long, finger joint is difficult to use without using additional fixture, which would also cost quite a bit. Also, the base structure to hold each element needs to be quite strong, therefore if only t=6mm is available, the material may not strong enough for this type of structure. If above issues can be resolved, I believe this proposal has quite a big potential to be realized with great flexibility.
The system you have made with the possibility of making various kinds of space by few actions is interesting enough. I would want to see how would you control the height of the poles using what kind of constraints with computational method.
Although the design is well suited to our theme, please keep in mind that we have some limit for using the material. We have only 30 6mm plywood per team for this workshop and we cannot rely on using any other materials. It is important to think how you could make the same system with this limited material and you also have to consider how you could cut the wood with less waste.
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