DF_pattern design1

This project is one of the on-site built workshops in @digitalfutures.world , Air filled membrane structure room sprayed by mechanical arm.

DF_pattern design2

We started from digital pattern design, while the construction group fill the membrane room with air. After that, we did the on-site verification and observation to develop the path for robotic arm. The air membrane would change shape due to the changing air pressure. Taking into account of the structural characteristics of spraying technology and aesthetics, we finally sprayed two patterns seperately for sphere and water drop air membranes. Using cells and fingerprints as inspirations.

DF_pattern design3

In this course, as a member of the group of pattern design, I explored the possibilities of construct spray path with parametric approach. We tested the curve tension in kangaroo. After several iterations, we chose the final one with a gradient of wavy pattern. This design satisfies the requirements for the bottom tamping of the air-filled sprayed pavilion. In order to support the sphere itself in the most stable way, we started the spray procedure from the bottom.

Listen to the rain by boat

“Listen to the rain by boat” is inspired by a chinese traditional poem “春水碧于天，画船听雨眠”， describing the view in spring in southern china. This design project creates a scene where the rippling water at the bottom gradually turns into overlapping mountains, expressing the chic feeling of people wondering around in mountains and rivers.

Listen to the rain by boat

Design project 1 for #Shanghai Space Installations and Material Exploration International Exhibition - Graduate Students Summer School at Tongji Univerdity. Supervised by @hongtaozhoustudio #3dprinting #江南水乡

Listen to the rain by boat

“云游”的概念选自韦庄描写江南春景的《菩萨蛮》中，“春水碧于天，画船听雨眠”的后一句，整个设计以此为主题。塑造出由底部的水波荡漾渐变成山峦重叠的场景，意在营造人在山水之间游玩的潇洒之感。表达了作者来自江南水乡，陶醉山水的个人特点。

Listen to the rain by boat

"画船听雨眠“

Sweet voice

“Eat your voice” is a sound visualization project exhibited in the Yi Feng Galleria in August,2020. Converting the sound data which was input through the firefly plug-in in the grasshopper into the parameters of the generated pattern, the customized pattern could be printed by the robotic arm with syrup. By designing the new path of robotic arm with grasshopper , we challenge the ways we experience the traditional chinese traditional Chinese craftsmanship, physically and digitally.

Sweet voice

Sweet voice

Everyone's voice has its own characteristics. They are three-dimensional, abstract, and intangible. When the robotic arm meets the traditional Chinese art sugar painting, a new interactive product is born: "Sweet voice". The machine will decode everyone's voice. The computer algorithm will design a unique pattern according to the sound pitch, and print out the syrup as 3D lines according to the brightness and durability of the audience’s live sound. Thus the voice can be seen, touched and tasted

Sweet voice

Design project 2 for Shanghai Space Installations and Material Exploration International Exhibition - Graduate Students Summer School at Tongji Univerdity. #grasshopper #roboticarm #interactiveinstallation #soundpatterns #touchdesigner

flag#1

creative coding exercise using p5.js #flag-colors/data/flagColors.json'#

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creative coding exercise using p5.js

flag#3

creative coding exercise using p5.js

flag#4

creative coding exercise using p5.js the same data library apply to #bauhaus style

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#p5.js #bauhaus style

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#p5.js #bauhaus style

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p5.js # random function

design study 1

pedalling

design study

pedalling

Design study Ⅱ

Machinery operation with pulleys and rigs

Design study Ⅱ

Machinery operation with pulleys and rigs

Concept drawing

Circuits diagram

Control system of solenoid valves and pressure sensors

1：10 scale exhibition version model

Plan view of the control system, consist of Arduino controllers, PCB boards, jumper wires, solenoids

work flow of the control system

Among a bunch of failed attempts, here presents one of the working control systems which help the air pouch system inflate and deflate under controllable air pressure. Based on this control system, the air pouch system could scale up. Also, this combination of model encourages the audience taking control of air pressure and manually manipulating its behaviour.

The proposal of future development

The proposal of future development