Structure and Body:
Material, Anthropometric and Ergonomic Exploration
task requirement
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study on material and structure
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study on anthropometrics and ergonomics
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identify one design element and one design principle
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exploration with sketches and test models
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building bamboo structure
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execution of model and final drawings, composition of presentation boards/slides
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presentation
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maintenance of structure
Submission :
Monday, 23 May 2022
progress
After viewing the grouping list given by Ms Shan, I created a Whatsapp group for all my members and tutor to join.
On Monday after a short brief by Ms Shan, we went down to Taylors Unisquare to visit our site, the place where our bamboo structure is going to be placed at.
After doing the site visit, some members and I planned about what to do next to show progress to our tutor for the next tutorial session
During this period, I also got to know a lot of my members as I do not know them previously and started to make new friends.
For the next tutorial session, my members and i came out with tattoo stamps drafts and showed them to Mr Chern for progress and feedback.
Following Mr Chern's feedback, we formed into 3 sub groups to further explore on ideas of our bamboo structure
My members and I also attended a workshop about the basic knowledge we need to know about making a bamboo structure by Mr William.
I got to learn about the joineries available for bamboo structure and also how to cut bamboo.
Initial sketches of models
Mockup models from sketches
Mockup model as reference for bamboo structure building
Bamboo building memories
Site model
Front view
Right view
Left view
Perspective view
Orthographic drawings, tattoo stamps and research draft
FINAL DRAWINGS, STAMPS AND RESEARCH
FINAL BAMBOO STRUCTURE
Front view
Right view
Back view
Left view
Perspective view
reflection
From this assignment, I'm able to introduce and create an awareness of anthropometry and ergonomics and relating it to form and space, create and work on a structure installation and understand material, quality of space, human scale, and articulation form, relate the idea of the individual ‘self’ and the body’ to space and its experiential qualities and establish a basic level of understanding of materiality and detailing as means to capture experiential qualities of the design.
In this assignment, I learnt about how to come up with ideas based on the design element and design principle my group chose into a real bamboo structure. I was newly exposed to real bamboo building and it really made me acquire many skills. Besides that, I learnt how to draw orthographic drawings of my structure which will be useful for me in the future.
This is a huge group assignment and I teamed up with people I do not know. As I was the leader for this assignment, I learnt how to guide my members towards our goal. Throughout the assignment, I ensured each of my members communicated well and this prevented many unnecessary arguments when having different opinions.
Although this assignment had a duration of 6 weeks, I had to make sure everything was well planned to avoid any time wasting as bamboo building was very time consuming. To avoid not completing the structure building, my members and I also stay back after classes. Eventually, we managed to complete our bamboo structure building and also drawings.