6. Computational Couture¶
RESEARCH & IDEATION¶
JULIA KOERNER¶
IRIS VAN HERPEN¶
PARAMETRIC ARCHITECTURE¶
Zaha Hadid Bjarke Ingels Group Bjarke Ingels Group Soumaya Museum,Cineteca Nacional taken by myself
REFERENCES & INSPIRATION¶
STEPHANIE JOHNSON
DINESH KUMAR
PREVIOUS WORK
As I wrote in the documentation process for the circular open source fashion week (3) I've been interested in doing something with Voronoi Pattern and play with it and get a little better step by step at my Grasshopper skills.
NATURE
Nature is definetely my inspiration for this project. Whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed, stressed or just lost, I love looking at the sky, the mountains and now (that I'm in Barcelona) the sea, it eases my mind and I feel relieved. We're not connected to nature, we're not part of nature, we're nature itself, and through the last years since the first industrial revolution I believe we've lost sight of it, so let's go back to our roots now, there's still time :) !!!
TOOLS¶
PROCESS¶
Before the design process, of course we all were taught how to use the 3d printers and the software properly, this was very nice as I already have experience 3d printing it was so useful to have someone to answer the questions I may have for quiet a time!
Introduction to 3D Printing Workflow
The 3D printing process involves several key stages, starting with 3D modeling, where designs are created using software like Rhino and Grasshopper which if I'm being honest I always prefer to use above others. The model is then prepared for printing through slicing, a process in which software like Ultimaker Cura converts the 3D model into G-code instructions that the printer can understand. Finally, the design is fabricated using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), where the printer extrudes material layer by layer to build the object.
1.LOOK AT PREVIOUS STUDENT'S SAMPLES¶
After the lectures our local instructor, Petra, showed some of the samples that students from previous years have done, and it was really cool to see the results from different techniques, I believe that gave us some great ideas to understand how each technique works and what would be the best for our ideas!
2.SKETCH SOME IDEAS¶
At first I had two ideas, one 3d printing in TPU without using fabric and another 3d printing in TPU but using fabric, the first one is an image sample of a picture or anything I like and use Grasshopper to make a pattern that will create the image, the second one was to 3d print on fabric two voronois as it is a friendly pattern to work with and I thought it would look cool to overlap two voronois of different sizes with fabric between them :)
3.PLAY AROUND WITH GRASSHOPPER¶
4. BAKE & CHECK THE GEOMETRY IS OKAY¶
5. PREPARE THE FILE FOR 3D PRINTING¶
Also important:
Pausing the Printer for Fabric Integration
To integrate fabric into a 3D print, the printer must be paused at a specific layer:
In Cura, you can add a “Pause at Height” script in the post-processing section.
Alternatively, modify the G-code manually by inserting the command M600 (for filament change) or @pause (if supported by your printer) at the appropriate layer.
Once the print pauses, place the fabric carefully over the print area, ensuring it is flat and well-positioned.
Resume printing to allow the next layers to bond with the fabric.
Below you can see a step by step of the process in Cura slicer.
6. PRINT & PRAY¶
I chose Mesh as the fabric I wanted to 3d print on, because we were told that it would hold better the material so it doesn't ccome off that easily after being printed, and I liked a lot that you could see both Voronoi patterns from both sides of the fabric and it kind of gives a perspective effect so one voronoi looks far away and the one on top looks closer. It was very cool!!!
