[DF 2012] Group 2: Starry Night

Group2

星空下Starry Night 

Group Members
蘇修白 Hsiu Pai, Su; 闞元梅 Yuan Mei, Kan; 王南堯 Nan Yao, Wang; 何孟璉 Meng Lian, Ho; 許庭榕 Eileen Hsu

Hsiu Pai, Su               Yuan Mei, Kan            Nan Yao, Wang          Meng Lian, Ho          Eileen Hsu

Concept
At the very beginning, we just have an idea of accomplishment of a curved surface in our real space. With the curved surface, we try to create the space, making people feel the “undefined” universal space, while the lights come through form above. It’s a scenario of the spectators look up at the staring night. 

Design Development 

Form studying and analysis

Making the patterns with holes for lighting

Take the Galaxy as the beginning, we drew a virtual line as the basis and let the holes followed the basis. When the holes got closer to the line, they became bigger.


Fabrication Process

Materials 

To surface conversion flat surface divided into two triangular plane, in experimental models using cardboard found to need more toughness of the material in the actual assembly, So finally we decide to choice PP.

Tolerance of the material

Ways of connecting and joining

To connect the quadrilaterals, instead of using glued, we use tenon joints, and we studied many different types of the joints. The first time we practice and applied the joints to every edges, we failed in the end. The problems come from not only from its self, but also from the weight of the whole objects. Problems result from the scale and the material of the joints. Therefore, the second version practice, we change the shape of the joints, and its material we use acrylic instead of paper.

the latches would be stuck in the hole on the joint because they slide to different direction

According to experience assembling of experimental model , we found that the flexibility of material would make the latch slide off the hole .So we changed the shape of latch , bigger head part would stuck once the latch was insert to the hole.

assembling 

Final Result