WEEK#4 3D Spacial Design - Modular Forms

After creating our installation, photographing and drawing it, we continued to explore 3D spaces by drawing spaces in association with words that we were given - boundary, edge, line, contour, junction, joint, etc... With these words as a guidance, we explored drawing as a means of documenting, measuring, recording and observing.  

On the second week, we each brought in a range of materials such as newspaper, cocktail sticks, disposable objects, electrical tape etc. Using only 3 of these materials, we had to place these materials together to create a 3D object. I found this exercise quite enjoyable as this gave us the opportunity to experiment with different ways to put together these materials, thinking of ideas which spontaneously lead to the next, in some ways like a jigsaw puzzle. With my materials, I first created 3 objects - one made using a coke can, a safety pin and a clip, the second made using a spoon, paper and electrical tape, and finally the last one made using a plastic cup, a toothpick and string...

 ... Then another two in association with our drawings and photographs.

After creating these models, we each selected one of our collection of models, of which we duplicated 10 times to create modular forms. We explored 3D ideas through these models exploring repetitive forms building up to a final idea. The final 3 outcomes must be a structure to... walk through but not a building, support a human body but not a chair, and to contain a small object but not a box. Working with our models, this project really encourages us to use our creativity to design a unique structure by trying out many different possibilities and documenting these ideas.

However, with my initial model it was quite hard for me to find different ways of representing these three structures. Therefore, I decided to use another one of my models, which is simplified so that it is constructed only out of toothpicks, grey card and newspaper. I thought this was a good model to create modular forms as it has a lot of vertical and horizontal repetitions within the structure itself. When placing multiples of this model together, I was able to create bridges, walkways, supports as my structure to walk through, contain an object, and support a human body. 

These are my final images... The scale is represented by placing an object or a person in the image, their size in relation to the structure.

We were told to work with our sketchbooks and not in it. Therefore I chose to represent my sketchbook as an unfolding strip of drawings and photos, which unfolds in all four directions, expanding upwards to reach the ceiling, downwards to meet the floor and outwards to cover the studio walls, covering a large amount of surface area of the room.