PHASE 2
INSPIRATION PROCESS
These are different examples of the inspiration process used for a student's individual pavilion design.
The inspiration behind this project was the concept of biomophics. In particular the image of the feather was used as inspiration for this pavilion design. The design of this pavilion was based on the concept of a feather and the overlapping aspect that the image has. The image was broken down into a basic diamond shape. A fractal of the diamond was applied to it to create the intricate geometric look. The overall overlapping design is pulled from the overlapping mesh the feather creates in the inspiration image. |
The inspiration for this piece is the flower Trillium ovatum from the Pacific Northwest. This flower grows in a canopy like fashion spreading over the surrounding area. The flower itself grows out in a triangular fractal from which the design is inspired. The original form for this structure is focused on triangles. Each section grows out from the original triangular formation and some sections grow out further to create a more natural fractal. The arching pat terns of the model are directly inspired by the canopy formation of the trillium flowers and they create a sense of enclosure within the space.
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INDIVIDUAL PAVILIONS
These projects are two examples of completed individual pavilion designs done for Phase 2 of this project.
This is digitally fabricated pavilion designed to draw interest and create a sense of community and gathering on the Washington State University Campus. The pavilion pulls its overlapping lines and transitional elements from the concept of a feather. The laminate used in a portion of the project will react to humidity which will allow the pavilion to change shape over time. The openness and the transitional aspects of this pavilion create a unique interior and exterior experience for the users throughout the seasons. The pavilion uses a combination of construction and fabrication techniques that are easily accessible. The techniques allow for the pavilion to be completely digitally fabricated and then assembled by a team on site.
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Project Angle Pavilion allows users to interactively change the concept of hard shadow to shadow. This will be controlled by allowing people to wrap the components of the surface of the Pavilion units. Units elated from each other by two surfaces parallel to allow the unit to rotate. Distribution system of units is L-system. An L-system or Lindenmayer system. A way of generating infinite sets of strings. L-systems are similar to grammars with the crucial difference that, whereas for grammars each step of derivation rewrites a single occurrence of a nonterminal, in an L-system all nonterminals are rewritten simultaneously.
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The natural design inspiration for this project was a trillium flower. Trillium flowers grow in a triangular fractal pattern that repeats and grows smaller within the flower. These flowers grow in layers both on a small and large scale. The fractal growth pattern is layered piece by piece to form the flower and these flowers grow in layers creating a canopy. Triangles and elements in sets of three were very influential in the design of this piece and inspired the final form of this pavilion. There are three main arcs that branch out from one central connection point and overlap each other. Each arc is composed of unique triangular pieces that change size based on the bend in the arc.
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