7/21 Presentation and Beyond

It was great to experience Experimental Classroom and Lighting Vassar’s presentations and the evolution of their projects.

Moving forward, we’re finishing up our prototype. The rest of the parts required to build the final structures have been ordered and programming is going well. This coming week we will be constructing the final project and tying everything together into a succinct and functional project.

Windswept (8)

-We’re now working on a moving model

-Creating a cardboard structure which can be easily modified

-Working on getting the motors and the copper strip moving properly

-Once we get the strip moving properly, we will work on creating a more minimal support structure

-The final cardboard design will be remade in plexiglass

 

 

Windswept (7)

Wind Moves Nature: https://vimeo.com/223604003

How Would Wind Move Metal?

Wind Data is Collected from Online Sources

Wind is Translated Through the Language of Code

Data Goes into an Algorithm Which Will Predict Future Wind Movements

Wind is Expressed in the Movement of the Copper Strips

The Copper Strip is Moved by Wind

Wind Moves Through Metal: Our 3D Model

-piece will have 1-3 copper strips, which will sit on a plastic support structure

-motors will be instructed by code which will be predicting the movement of wind through collected data

-Noah’s animation will show the movement

 

Windswept (6)

A redesign addressed the flatness of the initial design and placed the piece where one can walk around it:

 

-the current thought is copper strips and a plexiglass body

The next model took away some of the bulk of the piece and created a more natural curve:

-we’re still thinking about using plexiglass, but using plexiglass with a gray hue

-after meeting with Lisa, i’m looking to make changes which will lengthen the strips, decrease the number of strips, and lower the piece, with an alternative slope