Introduction

Advanced Master Design by Data 18-19 | Sprint workshop: making a deployable structure!

Thematic Pavilion, SOMA Architecture, Yeosu 2012

Movement concept by Knippers Helbig

objectives

Taking inspiration from the Thematic Pavilion’s deployable facade system, and in groups of 2 or 3 persons,

• develop a bending activation system for a deployable facade,

• design the mechanical system,

• simulate the deformation within Grasshopper (example def),
• design, code and wire a responsive electronical process (servo motor + light sensitive resistor for example; coding can be done in Grasshopper with the Grasshopper Firefly plugin, or Arduino),
• build the system and document the trial & error process (along with electronics, you can use the following processes: 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC, manual tooling),

• assess the performance of the prototype by picture / point cloud analysis in Grasshopper.

outputs

• a 5 min presentation on thursday 5pm,

• the documentation on the gitbook,
• the final physical prototype.

references

• Kinetic media façade consisting of GFRP louvers, Jan Knippers et al. (link)
• Case study of a kinetic shading device for building envelopes, Denisa Buzatu (link)