Project 2 week 1

The first part of this week's studio was to develop a matrix which included 3 environmental factors, (sun, wind and rain). A screenshot of my matrix and a brief description to each of the interactive methods that were toggle switch, incremental slider and infinitesimal slider.

The above screen shot conveys m matrix with a brief explanation on each method of toggle for sun, wind and rain.

The next part of this week's tutorial was then to choose 3 of the above proposals and and hand sketch a story board for each one showing the before, during and after sequences. Below are my 3 proposals.

"A stretchable fabric which changes its size to cover more surface area when heavy rain fills a bucket that is connected to each corner of the fabric that dynamically stretches the fabric as it gets heavier."

"A series of metal sheet that become fully interlocked to create a strong wind deflector as the wind speed rises "

"A fabric structure that is mounted at a specific angle to allow for sunlight and breeze to enter the building at all times. A heat flux sensor is mounted to the roof which then triggers a motor to automatically lower the shading panel once a certain temperature is detected."

The next task of this week's tutorial required us to complete a series of tasks using GrassHopper. Below are some screenshots of my attempt in GrassHopper.

Sun Path

Facade

As part of our individual study we had to create our model from assignment 1 which was created using SketchUp to Rhino. I went ahead and exported my model and imported it into rhino. A screenshot of my model in Rhino can be viewed below.

The above model is of my exported model which I then imported into rhino.

We then had to select one of our concepts to further develop using Rhino and GrassHopper. I have chosen the following concept, "A fabric structure that is mounted at a specific angle to allow for sunlight and breeze to enter the building at all times. A heat flux sensor is mounted to the roof which then triggers a motor to automatically lower the shading panel once a certain temperature is detected."

I then put together a mock up of my concept in Rhino. Below are some of the screen shots.

The above screenshot conveys my shade structure in the raised position which is the position that it is in when the heat flux sensor is only detecting cool temperatures from the sun
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The above screenshot shows the shade structure partially closed due to the flux sensor detecting mild hot temperature which then triggers the motor to lower the shade structure to that position.

The final position for the shade structure is as shown above in the mock up developed using Rhino. The shade structure is fully lowered by the motor once the flux sensor detects extremely hot temperatures which then triggers the motor to lower the shade structure to the above position thus blocking out the hot sun from the facade of the building.  

I believe that my skills in using Rhino and GrassHopper will be thoroughly tested throughout this project to try to accurately model my theory and create a parametric and adaptable system that fulfills my concept.