WEEK 07 - MODEL 2

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F U S I O N   3 6 0   M O D E L   I N   P A P E R

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STEP 1: Measurements taken from Fusion 360 model of transitional space.

STEP 2: Creating 'nets' for each prism and assembling.

I used the unfolding joining technique, very much like creating a net with tabs for each of the 4 rectangular prisms that forms the model. I joined each of the four prisms together using glue and 'invisible' washi tape to complete the model.

ABOVE: 'Nets' for each prism prior to assembly. 
(Not including bottom right prism, which was already assembled before the photo was taken.)

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M O D E L  8

1 : 2 . 5

FRONT VIEW

For this model, I replicated my Fusion 360 model of transitional space from last week into paper form. My intention for this model was to capture as accurately as possible the scale of my Fusion 360 model if its pieces had been laser cut and assembled according to plan. 

This is why I used the same scale (1 : 2.5) used in creating last week's Illustrator file containing the model's individual pieces for laser cutting.

  

TOP VIEW / FRONT VIEW

  

SOUTH-WEST / SOUTH-EAST VIEW

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R E F L E C T I O N

I tried to be as accurate and neat as possible when creating this model, however I found it to be difficult when cutting out such precise detailing in the windows, doors and voids by hand at such a small scale. As a result of the cutouts made, the paper used proved to be ineffective for holding out its natural prism shape, especially on the faces of the prism with windows.

Another problem with paper as the medium for this model is that the two bedrooms on the first floor were physically unable to join with the two prisms on the ground floor exactly the way the Fusion360 model was designed. 

 

ABOVE: Top views of paper model vs. Fusion360 model.

In Fusion360, the tongue and groove technique was used to connect the back corners of each bedroom exactly along the edge of the Prism 2 (with the T-shaped void). Without this technique, attempting to position the bedroom prisms the same way in Fusion360 would not produce the same result, as the weight distribution of each bedroom would cause it to fall over. This is why the bedrooms for this week's model are attached slightly out of its real position in Fusion360, to allow them to physically sit on Prism 2.

N O T E  -  In reality, columns or other structural support solution would be placed underneath the bedrooms on the first floor to make the design structurally sound. However, the purpose of this model was to communicate only the transitional space and its connection to the ground and first floor of the building, hence why for this model the columns or otherwise which should be there have been omitted. 

ABOVE: Original Fusion360 model of transitional space.