Aneesa Hussain- Week 3: Negotiating the Void

Week 3 was all about creating models using three different mediums: paper, wood and wire. There was no drawing at all. The charette we had in the week was also based on creating models to show balance, symmetrical and asymmetrical.

CHARRETES

We had to construct something that was symmetrical. I found it easy to come up with something for this My model is simple but shows symmetry well.

 For the asymmetrical model  i created a square shape but using different lengths of wood when creating which made it asymmetrical. It looks interesting and it didn't have to be perfect. Creating using asymmetrical allowed to explore more and was a whole lot easier  to create. 

I found the balance model was the hardest to create for me it took quite a bit of thought. With the balance i showed the two sides are equal by placing three pieces of wood horizontally on top of a vertically placed wood. Also the shadow that is created by the horizontal wood on the surface shows like the same type of balance at the bottom.

PAPER VOID 

For the paper void  we were asked to create the interior of our model. It had to show the interior volume of the primitive while defining the exterior of the primitive.

I found making paper models hard because paper is so thin and when creating models it becomes fragile as it could break easily or get squashed. It was sometimes hard to keep the structure up.

I made three trial models for the paper void exploring two views  of the primitive on my square based pyramid. i created these trail models by looking at the contours and extruding it back, linking the lines that were on the side and bottom, so the inside space was created . But i  had to be careful as it had to still look like a pyramid  or someone else

should be able to tell its a pyramid.

Because i had a lot of curves  i had to explore how i would create it in my model which was difficult. i also used cylinders to show curves in some of it.

FINAL PAPER VOID

My final paper void i was quite happy with it and i created it in quality paper so it became stable. Looking at this you can clearly imagine people walking through the circles that get bigger go back and also the several triangles that create a path. My final model used a lot of basic shapes and using those shapes to create many curves.

WOODEN VOID

 This is my trial wooden model  i found making this a mission. It was difficult to create curves with straight pieces of wood.

FINAL WOODEN VOID

 In my final wooden  model i based it on on my final paper model as it gave me a better idea on how i could go about creating it in wood. I managed to get some of the curves that i had in my acetate, but then i also builded it up using the basic geometric shapes. With my final model i am happy with it but i do think i can make it look more better and clearer,

WIRE VOID

For the wire void i created two trial models i used two thicknesses of wire. Using the wire allowed me to be able bend and it makes curves more efficiently. but i di find it difficult to join the wires up.

FINAL WIRE MODEL

This is my final wire model it can be told that it is in a pyramid shape, i have created multiple spaces using the two thickness of wire.