Hsiaoju Project (ME102-S)

architectural design

ME102 - S

HA11_S is a timber seasoning shelter located in the woodland habitats within Flimwell Park. The design of the shelter emerges from a need for the park’s foresters, and other users, to store felled logs whilst they cure and season, as their internal moisture is lost. This is whilst performing a dual function that enables its users and park visitors to unwind amidst the woodland landscape.

PRESENT 2021

flimwell park, 51°02'59.5"N 0°27'14.1"E

Flimwell Park, located in the picturesque village of Flimwell on the East Sussex and Kent border, has been designed to enhance people’s connection with the surrounding woodland, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

PROJECT ABSTRACT & contents

The structure choreographs the interrelationship with water whilst furnishing the woodland with the infrastructure to facilitate timber production, by protecting wood from rainfall.

I used the 1mm thickness Mild-steel sheet as the primary material and used the Robotic Incremental Sheet Forming as the primary production method.

To use mechanical arms to pressurize to create a pattern with structural strength on the steel plate, to reduce the density of the beams that are loaded by the scaffold structure.

landscape

With multiple entry points to the structure, the project is a 5m x 4.5m timber frame assembly, supported by aluminium connections, on top of which is a steel roof system designed to guide the water to the surrounding pools and streams.

WORKSHOP

“What metal and metallurgy bring to light is a life proper to matter, a vital state of matter as such”

– Deleuze, Guattari, and Guattari, Félix, 2004

When a large amount of metal mainly flows in a liquid way, this is an exploration of the development of diverse compounds.

Preliminary Design Prototypes and Exploration

Digital Design : logic , Action and Parametric in Conversation , for building the Scenario

The metal sheet’s geometry in this paper is to observe the inertial of the rain falling on the surface and through human intervention, continuity panels by changing the path by forming the varying height level—diversion of the water to the set route.

The Ambition of Multiple-processes

Manufacturing Process changed the way we think of the methods and intervening thought judgment to exclude many creative ideas with incompatible conditions. However, the design should not be limited to tools but complement each other.

FIXTURE DIAGRAM

At its higher reaches, the technique is no longer a mechanical activity; People can feel fully and agree deeply on what they do once they succeed.

Task Predecessors for Robotic arm

Fixture strategy Database Calibration : Coversation Prosthesis and Target

ROBOTIC

INCREMENTAL SHEET

FORMING

The fingerprint produced by the robot arm is very regular compared to the traditional processing methods. Moreover, controlling stepover(the space between tool passes during the operation) parameters and taking the rebound rate of metal moulding (the stress response rate of the structural stress produced by the metal properties) into account can effectively save the time for adjusting the curvature repeatedly.

Prosthesis Hephaestus

Various change factors as the basis for judgment standards, make it close to the expected results of the cast by changing the method. Moreover, when hand-made artisans in the production, according to the needs of the scale according to the eye harsh judgment and positioning, in most cases, choosing the proper processing techniques can be allowed.

However, for the digital workflow, all data can be turned into directional coordinate space. Theoretically, all processing steps are determined after the project is programmed. If the procedure needs to be revised, it must re-import the programming into the database. It is becoming increasingly clear that hand-made production is more “vitality”. It does not mean that most people agree in biology defines that as a life cycle and stable physical and energy metabolism, the craftsman/woman put the spirit, energy and afford into the artwork.

The Analogue Touch : Explore Trejactoy and Evidence

Fingerprint Tooling Traces Intervention and creation

– Hover the Image to Explore –

The toolpath strategy is to make a spiral path by pressing the sheet. The bending geometry could produce a self-structural force. Ideally, the end-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT) is static ball-nosed; it can quickly go to the edge of the sheet by the round sphere. However, the panel would be deformed, causing an arch on the section after pushing the force.

Skeleton

Structual Grooves

Failure Documentation

Experimental Design Observations and Amend

Adjustments from iterative experiences Reduce flow rate Cover comprehensive range

When operating the toolpath strategy in specific geometry in the increment sheet forming, it is essential to prevent the plate from rebounding when considering the dynamic forming, creating a closed-loop in the tool paths to provide sustained pressure. Therefore, the helix path(a type of space curve) can cause specific stepovers due to the different curvature slopes.

experimental Model

Due to the massive scale of the sheet (KUKA-60 robot operation limitation), the fixture is modified around the concave geometry to provide full support. It is vital to reasonably enhance the value and reusability of the mould. The fixture would be adapted to all designs.

Scenario : Simulation and Analysis

Digital calculation of the water flow by gravity

Water-Flow Scenario -

Crystallization of experimental results

high pressure structtual pattern Assembly sequence and designlogic

Roof Panel

Integrated pattern design to allow efficient flow of rainwater. The pattern will enhance structural strength of the panels in order to withstand wind and other external factors. Steel was utilised for this component due to its flexibility and high strength-to-weight ratio. The material can be formed by high pressure and therefore the pattern can be implemented.

Kinetic Panel

A collection point and reservoir for the water. Adjustable to allow efficient capture of water. Robotically forming and bent to hold the water. Pully mechanism for adjusting level and height of the panel.

Assembly Sequence

EXPLOSION DIAGRAM -

To ensure neatness and accuracy, it is important that the panel is assembled according to the specified sequences and logic. The roof has a 5° pitch and the overlap is 100mm.

To install the continuous panel, insert it into the gap between the L-bracket and the panel at the specified angle, and secure it to the timber structure using wood screws.

The finished panel needs to follow the assembly sequences and logic. Otherwise, the sheets would not have neatness and accuracy. The roof is 5° pitches, whilst the overlap is 100mm. Insert the continuous panel into the gap between the L-bracket and the panel at a certain angle. Use wood screws to lock the panel above the timber structure. Then using the metal clamp to bolt two sheets to avoid the sheet blowing away by
the wind.