Submission 2

Week 3 Panel

 

 

Story Board

 

 Digital Fabrication Reflection

 

Models 

FORM: Containers for the play

Geodesic dome with 3D printed joining components.

Tessellating laser cut geometric hemisphere.

3D printed spiral sphere. 

Laser cut waffle model exploring three areas of play.

Laser cut stacking bubble form.

INSIDE: Play mechanism

Extrusion: 3D printed tunnels with a matching floor.

Tracks: Laser cut circular tracks to facilitate forward/ backward play. 

Perforated: Laser cut planes inspired by water bubbles to facilitate push and pull play.

Geometric: Hexagonal planes inspired by a honeycomb structure to facilitate push and pull play, and level changes. 

SITE: Opportunities to suspend the playground

Opportunities to suspend forms within the site. 

Panel and Storyboard

Laser cutting

Laser cutting plywood to create form, and play ceiling and floor.

Play surface inspirations

 Model Progress

Progressing with model experimentations

Process

Laser cut panels to create a model.

Failed laser cut files.

3D printing joins to create a model.

Removing form work from within a 3D printed semi-sphere. 

Models

             

Inspiration - bubble formations

Experimenting with 3D printing

Thin hollow components were solidified on the base, and became messy when printed vertically.

Scale of objects needs to be adjusted in the makerbot software to ensure a proper scale print. Also, the printers should always be supervised, the PLA snapped half way through a print. The file could not be continued from where the material broke and had to be restarted. 

          

Exploring Tessellating Curves

Examples of how small elements unify to form curved surfaces.

Developing the Balloon Playground

Exploring precedents

  

(Click on each image for further information on each project)

Exploring possibilities within the site

Exploring the idea of a balloon Above and Below terrain 

Exploring a contained form

Storyboard Development

Interactive push and pull

Jump to reach the balloons

Walking on unstable surface

Storyboard development