Shayal Chandra - Project 1 - Week 3: Negotiating the Void

Hey :)

Below are my 3 void models made with paper, wood and wire, which i created by looking at my acetate 3D shape from last week. This week was about creating models with different mediums. For this the idea was to create an inner space/volume of the primitive 3D shape, while defining the exterior primitive shape.

This is final paper model. The whole idea was to explore space inside my primitive model. I got confused with this just because i did not know if we had to follow the contours on the acetate model to create space or we just had to randomly form space. So i started off with just looking at my contours and following the geometric shapes. I used interlocking to make the structure stand up and it also shows the sharp triangular outline of the primitive model.

Wood Void

This is my wood void model. I have used the same concept for my wooden and wire models. The wooden model i found was the hardest for me to create as i did not know how to create volume with sticks as i did not want to mimic the whole shape of my acetate primitive so instead of thinking of it as making space, i thought of the woods as dividing the space in an interior space. This made it easier for me to define the volume and also have the geometric shapes. 

Wire Void

This is my final wire void model. The same concept has also been used here as the above two models . This was easiest for me to create as the wire was easy to bend and make curves. I kinda followed the primitive contour of the 3D shape to create the space inside it by using curves and arcs. I have used two different thicknesses of wires to show the different line weights. 

Charrettes

Balance

The balance in this pic above is very clear. I have used interlocking to make my models as i did not have any wire and i think it's amazing to see how something can balance on it's own without the support of any other medium. I have interlocked both sticks in the centre and is equally divided which makes it balance as you can also see from the shadow of how it's balancing.

Symmetrical

My symmetrical model above is very simple and was easy to create as i just overlapped 6 sticks on top of each other. This is also holding on it's own and i haven't used any other material.  

Asymmetrical

This is my last asymmetrical model. This was interesting as i did not have to think how it would stand and it was more abstract. I have also used interlocking here and this made me explore more on just using one material. I think this was easier to create and even tho it gives nice parallel lines, i have still  made it asymmetrical.