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SURFACES AND MOVING ILLUSIONS

SURFACES AND MOVING ILLUSIONS | Letting go of glass flatness to add movement to the surface

TOOLS Glass cutter
SOFTWARES Rhinoceros 7, Grasshopper, Slicer Fusion 360, Illustrator, Sketchfab
FILES cc-wavesLM.gh ; cc-tesselation-trianglesLM.gh ; cc-auxetic-hexaLM.gh

FROM WAVY SURFACES

File : cc-wavesLM.gh

Working with the accumulation of slats also gives me the opportunity to create low relief surfaces. An impression of movement can be added to the surface. Not flat anymore, engraved patterns become even more surprising.

Creating a random wavy surface

wavy surface slicer

Wavy surface that can be repeated (seamless) seamless

Cutting Pattern : Slicing with Grasshopper slicing

Engraving pattern : Projecting the shape on the slices round-wave (Illustrator version) engraving-pattern (Grasshopper version)

Creating a low relief based on a picture

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3D modelisation

After working on Grasshopper to be able to have the cutting pattern file and the engraved pattern file from only size of the sample and picture parameters, I worked on how I could do the 3D modelisation of my glass samples. Below, some results with Grasshopper custom preview and Rhino. 3Dmodelisation

Sketchfab is great to have better results. sketchfab-sample

Mirage Sample#1 by louisemassa on Sketchfab

Cutting the glass

TO ARTICULATED STRUCTURES

TOOLS Computer
SOFTWARES Rhinoceros 7, Grasshopper, QuickTime Player (to record process)
FILES cc-tesselation-trianglesLM.gh ; cc-auxetic-hexaLM.gh

Some mock-ups frankensteins

Moving illusions :

  • Static 3D Wavy Structure made of triangles
  • Moving 2D Auxetic Structure (can be opened/closed)

Shapes exploration with KangarooII

File : cc-tesselation-trianglesLM.gh (still need improvements)

Initial definition from Rhino Grasshopper -Tensile Structure Pavilion - Easy Kangaroo 2 & Weaverbird tutorial by ARKIM7 STUDIO kangaroo

Applying a pattern on the surface

Applying a triangular grid to surface/mesh | As 3 points make a plane, triangles should be flat grasshopper-triangles

Separating the grid with Checkerboard Components | Not working properly, still have triangles that are side to side (see red spots) checkerboard

via GIPHY

Obtain separated modules (with numbers) | Definition from Gediminas Kirdeikis grasshopperdef grasshopper

--> From those planar modules, the surface can be made and then crimped into a 3D printed frame like here

**Auxetic patterns

File : cc-auxetic-hexaLM.gh (different definitions, Auxetic 3 being the most efficient)

auxetic-modelisation

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Last update: 2023-02-03