Nick Richardson/ UTA School of Architecture University of Texas Arlington
The goal of this project was to develop the digital and physical groundwork necessary to provide design guidelines for the production of a light screen used to modulate and regulate natural and artificial light. As a result of the conceptual investigation of repetitive systems, an evaluation of woven rope provided a wide variety of typologies for consideration. Issues of dynamic structural integration, oscillating surface geometry, and varying modular density were all present. The digital model generated in response to the woven rope illustrates weaving through the control of the undulating geometry of the pockets and oscillation of the pocket direction. Erwin Hauer’s work on minimal surface geometry provided an invaluable frame of reference for the design process. In particular, the light module is comprised of two identical, “handle-like” pieces, which made the casting process possible. The design of the module geometry functions as a space for distilling and reflecting light from an outside source. Specifically, the geometry of the module and the casting process are utilized to provide an effect of woven strands of light and dark – similar to the originally observed effects of the rope.
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6 Light Screen
University of Texas Arlington
The goal of this project was to develop the digital and physical groundwork necessary to provide design guidelines for the production of a light screen used to modulate and regulate natural and artificial light. As a result of the conceptual investigation of repetitive systems, an evaluation of woven rope provided a wide variety of typologies for consideration. Issues of dynamic structural integration, oscillating surface geometry, and varying modular density were all present. The digital model generated in response to the woven rope illustrates weaving through the control of the undulating geometry of the pockets and oscillation of the pocket direction. Erwin Hauer’s work on minimal surface geometry provided an invaluable frame of reference for the design process. In particular, the light module is comprised of two identical, “handle-like” pieces, which made the casting process possible. The design of the module geometry functions as a space for distilling and reflecting light from an outside source. Specifically, the geometry of the module and the casting process are utilized to provide an effect of woven strands of light and dark – similar to the originally observed effects of the rope.