#futureruins

PHYSICAL MODEL FINAL ENTRY *PART 2*

As I had previously mentioned, I was going to hand model the very small details; this includes the loft and its supporting structure, possibly some furniture within the living space, insulation (represented by pink sill gasket) and the technologies that run within the walls and insulation; I was considering designing the latter with some sort of wire or tubing.

As my Outpost is symmetrical in shape, it was quite simple to manipulate into the view that I wanted to represent in my physical model. On Rhino, I had made a copy of my completed digital Outpost model and split it using a rectangular surface going through the part of the model that I didn't want to represent and used boolean split (though I realize that I could have used a clipping plane to get the section that I wanted). This allowed me to contour the shell of my Outpost as a section (at intervals of 3mm to match the thickness of the wood being used) and create an array of shapes for Illustrator to prepare for the laser cut. Finally, I scaled down the dendrites and saved them as an STL file to prepare for 3D printing. This is all how I planned to physically model my Outpost.

PICTURED:

First General Sketch During Model Planning

Detail Drawing of Wall Technology to be Represented in the Model

PHYSICAL MODEL FINAL ENTRY *PART 1*

For the physical model representation of my Outpost, I had planned on completing a detail model; which has been partially created. I chose to complete a detail model due to the fact that the narrative around my Outpost included various sustainable technologies that I wanted to represent as they were not shown throughout my drawings. These were going to be represented through a section cut half way through the my model Outpost.

For the fabrication of my model, I chose to laser cut the main shell of my Outpost (this was completed) to provide a simple and sturdy structure to model upon. Furthermore, I was going to 3D print the four dendrites (arms of a snowflake) as they were quite complex in shape. The smaller details (furniture, insulation, sustainable technologies) were to be hand modeled so that they were represented in intricate detail.

PICTURED:

Laser Cut File Setup for Outpost Shell

STL 3D Print File of Dendrites

Front of Detail Model

Rear of Detail Model

Top of Detail Model

TOP: Axonometric Drawing of OUTPOST, Section of OUTPOST and Plan of OUTPOST