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Assignment 3 Documentation

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Step 1: Data Collection 1. Locate the building on google map, search image for a general impression 2. Accurate construction information, including length, material, and construction details from this book. (blueprint of plan, section, elevation and detail inside, hand drawn by Louis Kahn, record in inch, but I translate it into meters) Step 2: Digital Model 1. The unique cycloid roof. To build accurate cycloids, but not semicircle or arc, I used grasshopper. 2. Analysis of each component of the building.  Columns, walls, roof, beam, window, skylight ... 3. Building the landscape model. Must consider what type of material I'm gonna use for laser cut, so the height has been assign to all the pieces. From 6mm, 3mm, 1.5mm, to 0.5mm. 4. The finished digital model Step 3: Building 1. Set up the laser cut file for the first two models. 2. Cut it and assembling it 3. Make a Frame! Cut in the timber workshop. 4. Put it together * Some making deta...
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Assignment 2 Fabrication

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Landscape Model Base Landscape Model Museum Model 1:200 Lanscape+Museum Model Video 1:50 Gypsum Model
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Assignment1: Contemporary Fabrications Techniques

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Architecture Precedent Project:   Kimbell Art Museum Architect:   Louis Kahn Building Year:   1972 Location:   Fort Worth, Texas, United States Category:   Museum & Exhibit   Key Concept Kimbell Art Museum, definitely a masterpiece in modern architecture. Louis Kahn used concrete made a clear definition for modern architecture. The art gallery is located in a tree-lined park. The concaved entrance in the west face to the park. Next to the building is a chessboard-like grove. It is like the greenery of the park is embedded in the art gallery. The environment of the park and the art gallery is integrated and interconnected. The art museum seems to be born there. The distinct form of the Kimbell Museum's cycloid barrel vaults is rimmed with narrow plexiglass skylights, providing room for natural light to penetrate into the spaces. To diffuse this light, pierced-aluminum reflectors shaped like wings hang below, illuminating the smoo...
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