Started form January to May 2012, Formologix and Gamatara -the student society of UPH architecture- have been conducting a digital fabrication workshop: “carving metaballs“. The objective of this workshop is to experiment and exercise the students on utilizing digital fabrication technology in order to close-up the gap between design and construction.
We develop a metaballs-void (volume) that subtracted from a series of slices of box shape. The slices of the metaballs carving are composed from 35 wooden-slices, and each slice are composed from 4 face-components/modules or 140 modules in total. The shape of the modules are customized and programmed by a parametric-associative rule set application (through rhinoceros+grasshopper) which combines geometric interelationships and algorithmic process.
Regarding to the limited budget, we realize that we cannot build the total 1:1 scale of 35 slices of metaballs carving. We only built 4 slices which fabricated using laser cut machine. The following items are the final modulation specification:
size of modulation 750mm to 650 mm
slice composition 3 layers glued teakwood
slice joints edge to edge joint with tongue (act as dowel)
fittings screws, dowel and bolt
Workshop participants:
amanda gracia
addi darmawan
ayesha aramita
bunga yuridespita
daniel efresh gunawan
elbert chayadi
gloria
Ignatius christian purnawan
jennifer lesmana
tania paramita utomo
tatyana kusumo
vianny lestari setiawan
Great collaboration we had, guys….looking forward for another collaborative project.
