Friday, September 19, 2008

Notes #8: The Graft

In the 3D model, the glass is sandwiched between the concrete walls, and expands between them as the concrete walls are forced apart at the cut. In this way the result is one of tension, tension in the deformed walls as they curve away from each other, and tension in the glass, being forced to expand between these walls.

The graft seems unstable, the thin connective point is exemplified by the angle of the walls leading into the connection. The result of this is overwhelming negative space, which could be used to an advantage.

Other examples of the cut
In the sketch example of the model, a repose is shown at the break point, the parent structure leads off to the left. whilst the sibling structure reconstructs itself on the right.

Based on the original sketch not yet published on this blog, the graft structure could be revised so the glass 'pushes' the concrete into tension, and the concrete creates deformed connections between the parent & sibling structure.

The collapse sketch could be done by offsetting a unit and turning it into a point of gravity that the curve responds to.

The graft 1 sketch could be achieved by deforming a unit to a connection point.

The graft 3 sketch could also be achieved and would offset the asymmetrical appearance.

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