Week 11 300 Word Summary

Project Chosen:

White Out by Aaron Sprecher

What is the project about?

-         White Out explores the morphology of geometries under a uniform white skin. Sprecher and his collaborative team dissemble the idea of geometries in their individual state, then reassemble them in a way that tests their behaviour in relation to other materials. The intention behind this project is also to experiment with form and our perception of form. By creating a unique structure made up of individual unique geometries (reminiscent of “building blocks”), he then drapes a white membrane around them, by stretching, wrapping and deforming this flexible skin. As the structures underneath begins to reduce in clarity, the result is a unified cohesive object.

What were some significant achievements in the design approach, design solution, spatial Organisation and material Execution?

-         It is evident that Sprecher has designed the project so that there is spatial awareness and consideration. From photographs it can be seen that the structure is designed to create a geometric cavity where people can enter and exit.

-         The material would have been chosen dependent on its ability to stretch, warp and deform under extreme forces.  

What was the attitude towards technology? What technology was implemented?

-         Digital fabrication software used to calculate the deformation of the white membrane and its forces upon the underlying geometric structure.

What are the theories extracted?

-         The theory of processes

o   Methodically assembling the structure in a certain way so that it would stand soundly.

-         The theory of material manipulation, deformation and behaviour.

o   Investigating the perfect material to use that contained all the properties needed, and the effects of the membrane being warped over the geometric structure to further test its behaviour under multiple forces.

-         The theory of geometric cohesion and perception

o   The idea that the perception of shapes and objects can be morphed and transformed to create something new that we perceive as different.

Diagram Intention:
- the intention for my series of diagrams is to recreate the project while showing evidence and reiteration for my constellation of theories. I will create 2 - 3 geometric structures that vary in the geometry it is made of. Futhermore I will drape a material over it (in Rhino of course) and change the force applied to it when it is draped over. Through these different diagrams showing the different shapes created through a different intensity of deformation, the process, geometric perception and behaviour of the  material will be displayed.