GROUP 9

Aim and Intent:

The composite material used in the experiment consists of glass fibre and resin, which also serves as a binder and hardener for the glass fibre. The form is produced by the pull of gravity acting on the fabric, which is attached to the framework. The primary objective is to create a form that, when repeated, modulates itself to form a larger canopy. 

Steps :

Tests to determine the material and the forces at work on it:

Make a frame work to tie the form

Leave some parts hanging onto gravity

Apply paper mache/resin and let it dry

Experiment 1

Material- Terricot

Hardening substance- Paper Mache 

Wooden framework: 50cm x 50cm

Cloth: Length- 50cm       Width- 30cm      Fabric sag- 20cm

Experiment 2

Material- Jute

Hardening substance- Resin

Wooden framework: 50cm x 50cm

Fabric: Sides- 50cm      Curve dist from a side- 10cm

This was an experiment with the number of legs and we also tried the idea of pinch. This iteration in total had 4 legs with a pinch in the centre. It resulted in formation of four dome like structures at the vertices.

Materials use: Khadi and Glass fibers

Hardening Substance: Resin      

Wooden Framework: 50cm x 50cm    &    120cm x 120cm

• To acheive this form we did not tie the glass fibre to the frame but instead tied it to a four winged support which was suspended freely under the gravity. Then some part of the glass fibre was rested on that geometry where gravity pockets were formed.

1.  Khadi experiment

Suspended Material: Cloth

After designing we tried iterations on a khadi cloth to check the gravity pockets and to see could we actually acheive those continous curves throughout. It was cut as a circle of radius of 25cm.

2. Glass Fibre Experiments

1.Suspended Material: Cloth

After trying it out on khadi we got a clear idea of how this shape gonna take the form on glass fibre. But the weight of this material is way more than that of cloth and it increases more after the application of resin. 

So the next iteration was on the 50cm x 50cm cube with glass fiber.

Two different shapes were cut as iterations

Moving to the larger framework, we tried the same design on the larger scale.

2.Suspended Material: Thread (as it does not binds with resin)

Atlast we found a material which gives the desired curves and does not stick the fibre afterwards.

3.Suspended Material: Plastic (as it does not binds with resin)

Modulation

The openings help in modulating the form as it creates some interesting spaces inside while increases the area while multiplying.