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PHYSICAL MODEL ASSIGNMENT EXPLANATION

The Physical model for the final presentation would have been a representative model of my outpost is an air purification chamber within a research center, comprised of an ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) material, for it is highly malleable, resistant to corrosion and high heat, thus it is perfectly accommodated to the determent of the post-volcanic surroundings. The center is comprised of 2 chambers of which soil particles are received from the ground below and are sent through a series of tubes within the chambers and the soil content is separated through manganese plates, of which only the organic material is used to form completely pure air particles.   The intentions of the center is not only to protect the researcher from the highly acidic outdoor environment and relieve the respiratory system of the remaining survivors from the could cover of ash which had formed after volcanic eruption. I had planned to 3D print 1 chamber and the spherical components of the structure, to demonstrate how the exterior would be and then hand modeled the network of tubes by which the air is purified, leaving it exposed, for it would have been too complex to model in rhino and print. For the final digital manual, I will have a section detail of the purification process of the chamber.

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Screenshots of models oriented in paper space scaled to equate the door height of 7′.

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Chosen elevations to be drawn into AutoCAD and made into 3D ruins in Rhino.

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CNC file setup of Topography. Since the topography does not have any undercuts, I am able to scale it into the 150mm ³ box. This process was done through creating the solid box box and ensuring it is capped from both bottom and top. The topo model was scaled to fit exactly within the box and I then used booleansplit to remove any unnecessary excess height within the model. 

For the model building component, I had initially wished to produce the castle, but due to difficulties with laser cutting, I decided to 3D print my bridge component. Since the bridge was curvilinear with many undercuts (from the supports), It would be better suited for 3D printing. I resized my model to fit within the 75mm ² box and ensured that it rested on my cplane. A suggestion would be to have a more in-depth tutorial on Laser cutting, as it is a very useful tool.

This being said, 3D printed model will be 1/2 the scale in reference to the original 1x1km block, for it is being printed onto a topography that is double in size. 

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FINAL TASK 4 Submission.

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INITIAL ATTEMPT AT LASER CUTTING. The unrollsrf command was not working, and thus, I had to resort to manually unrolling my surface by exploding all faces and flipping the face 90 degrees to be flat. However, this was proving to be a tedious process and I was unable to layout some inner corners properly. 

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2nd attempt at laser cutting. However, after many tries the shape unfolded, but shapes were still overlapping and became confusing to navigate. 

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My 1x1km site area deviates from the fanciful inhabited space, to comment on the harsh reality regarding the contrasted living of the underprivileged to that of lavish living. Thus, to model this perspective, I chose to add small, cramped and clustered generic housing at the low point of the topography, to convey the struggles low-income individuals must face, while adding a prominent and grand castle at the highest point of the landscape. Connecting the two extremes are the powerful tool of knowledge through books, yet they become deformed as they reach the castle, for the rise to power is not a pure intent. Lastly, the bridge is broken to further develop the concept of hidden realities to gain superficial means which have ended in deprecated and ruthless actions. 

Few problems were encountered, as I become more comfortable with the program, but since the shapes are still fairly geometric, my design capabilities are still limited. I experimented with new tools, including cage and array.   

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Finalized rendered human perspective. Took much trial and error to reach a sufficient result. The images compare the quality of the rendered with and without denoiser & display colors in sRGB space. 

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Screen captures of human perspective from varying viewpoints. The 1st view is looking up from the position of standing in a trough, highlighting the clustered low-class housing. The 2nd view is looking out from the castle onto the landscape below.

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https://www.artstation.com/artwork/O0JJk

https://www.reddit.com/r/rhino/comments/b4xpw3/making_the_helix_bridge_with_grasshopper/

Task 4 inspirational images

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Dovecotes of Iran and Egypt