1DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION SM1, 2015 M1 JOURNAL - Pineapple Measured Drawings

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Rosie Gunzburg

2Measured Drawings

The pineapple was measured by taking pictures of it, measuring the actual photograph and the pictures to find the scale, and tracing over the photos to produce the measured set of drawings.The pineapple is made up of the fruit inside, the surrounding hard shell and the spiky leaves on top.

3The fruit has the outline of a core and several indented, inconsistent lines; suggesting environmental affect.

The leaves are stacked in a section pattern. Each leaf would be slightly curved more extreme than the one below it to allow more space for growth. However the pineapples in the present time are supplied to most supermarkets with the leaves cut off because they serve no real purpose.

Section

Plan

4The cells that make up the shell are placed as panels. Upon close-up of individual cells, they appear irregularly shaped and may be made up of 4, 5 or 6 sides. This would prove replication difficult. However, when looking at the cells in a group, they appear to be grouped together as diamonds.

Elevation

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6Analysis

If the diamonds are viewed from diagonal view (the diamonds would now look like rhombuses) there are rows of rhombuses with each row slightly shifted from the one above and below it. A simplistic 3D shape of the

shell would be made up of a diamond lattice which can be modelled.

7The pineapple leaves are shaped as triangles stacked on top of each other and curved away from the centre. Each higher leaf is larger than the one below it giving the pineapple a complex leaf structure.

8Digital Model

This pineapple was constructed in Rhino 5 without its leaves in order to show a panelling pattern that a pineapple can have in digital form without the distraction of the leaves.

Isometric

9To construct the digital pineapple, the measured elevation drawing was used by importing it into Rhino, scaling it to the size of the real pineapple used, then tracing a vertical half of it using the control point curve.Using a vertical axis in the vertical centre of the pineapple, the revolve command was used to revolve the traced curve 360 degrees.

Elevation

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A solid model is then created (change the perspective into shaded). The pineapple was given a surface domain (The numbers were 20 in U and V direction) with a diamond pattern around it. Using these created points, a box 3d panel was used to tessellate diamonds around the solid, forming the pineapple shape. The solid model can be discarded.

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Sketch Model

The reconfigured pineapple is made up of the diamond panels and the leaves.

The panels are made of paper that was folded in four diagonally then unfolded, giving a diamond pattern when tessellated with other panels. The panels form a rounded cuboid shape.

The leaves are made up of two isosceles triangles folded, then glued together; making an isosceles triangle with a perpendicular section in the middle.

The leaves were glued together at the base of the higher panels so that they could point outward.

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How does this respond to your personal space?

What is your idea? [Maximum 5 key words]

Sketch Design #1Warmth, Aura (light)

The volume would consist of a smooth surface to represent how heat is emitted from all parts of the body; especially the head. This second skin would also be the visual representation of the aura in that it cloaks the person in their own natural light.

It would surround the body similar to a skirt but with a collar that protects the neck and lower half of the face. As the densest internal body heat is inside the head, the collar curves out. In order to see from it, the top half is not to be constructed. The smooth surface is made up of hexagon faces with some pentagon faces to allow inner curves to form.

This relates to my personal space as other peoples body heat can make my sense of heat perception more aware and can cause discomfort.

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How does this respond to your personal space?

What is your idea? [Maximum 5 key words]

Sketch Design #2Compression, Tension

The volume would consist of several vertical zig-zags around the body; between them being horizontal zig-zags. This is used to visualise the violent vibrations sent through the body and the tension or compression felt in anxious or nervous states.

The structure is to be mildly weak to represent the fragile nature of the wearer while in an anxious state. Paper can deform easily if something were to touch it; something small can drastically change the wearers appearance and behaviour.

This relates to my personal space as my fragile nature when feeling uneasy can be broken easily with any unwanted events.

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Sketch Design #3

What is your idea? [Maximum 5 key words]

How does this respond to your personal space?

Defensive, Dominance, Aggressive

The volume would consist of curved spikes pointing far out of an arm of the user to assert others with a weaponised skin. The spikes point out from the elbow and also at the tip of the hand.

The panels are shaped like isolated triangles, folded near the base then folded in half to make them tougher. Multiple triangles in different scaled sizes are folded over each other so that each one points more outward and threatening to others; similar to an echidna extending its spikes in defence.

Its intimidating look would deter invaders from entering your personal space; it can also be used to invade other peoples personal spaces.

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Appendix

Sommer, R. (n.d.). Chapter 3. Personal space: The behavioural basis of design. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall Inc.

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