ASSIGNMENTS 4,5, and 6

Assignment #4, #5, and #6

Goals

-To realize complex geometry utilizing digital fabrication skills.-To understand the process of making in analog and digital and to develop knowledge ofconstructability.-To increase craftsmanship by using a precise digital tool: the laser cutter.-To develop vector graphic skills in Rhino and AUTOCAD.-To illustrate the project with drawings and increase proficiency with line weights.

Protocol

The final project is an investigational endeavor beyond traditional design processes using the methodof digital design. The true value of digital architecture will be explored through computation. This finalseries of assignments will contribute to the final team project. Utilizing our digital knowledge, we willcreate an exoskeleton with multiple formal gestures. Teams of five or six people will be formed. Basedon the shapes you chose, you will investigate a complex geometry to construct the original form whileyou maintain the shape and scale of your geometry. The form must be volumetric and must be anunfolded object; sectional construction in order to express the volume will be allowed. Thecomponents must be extremely precisely constructed.

1) Assignment #4: Illustrate your design using AUTOCAD drawings only. This is essentially a set ofinstructions to explain how each component design is put together, similar to constructiondocuments.2)

2) Assignment #5: Cut your template using the laser cutter, keeping the remaining portion ofyour 18”x24” Bristol board. Turn in the remnant for artifact #5. If you use other materials,provide information on the materials, for example, cost, sustainability, and its structuralintegrity. The purpose of this artifact is to exhibit awareness of how much material you haveused and to test your efficiency of construction. Consider the economy of shapes and process.

3) Assignment #6: This is the final part of the project. Accuracy is the critical element of thisassignment and of our final presentation. After you construct your components, we willassemble the cubes together. They will need to fit well; I urge you to test your constructionaccuracy with your adjacent components. The final submission will be the physical model andthe Rhino file.

Schedule

1) Assignment #4: Due on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the beginning of class.

2) Assignment #5: Due on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the beginning of class.

3) Assignment #6: Due on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the beginning of class.