Advanced Design Studies Blog: Critical Mass
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| Testing Circle Pack Pattern for the Pavilion |
Students are working to make a pavilion called “Circle Pack Pavilion.” It is becoming one of G30’s annual events to build a pavilion for Tokyo Designers Week. The pavilion uses shrink film and various sizes of nested bamboo rings to archive lightweight structure. We will update more photos during the event.
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| Assembly Test |
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| Mock-up |
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| Production of nested bamboo rings |
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| uPrintSE Plus |
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| 3D Printed Test Model |
Stratays’s uPrintSE Plus has been added to our digital facilities. This 3D printer has the ability to print any kinds of three dimensional form up to 203mm x 203mm x 152mm.
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| 3D Printed Deli’s Project from Last Year |
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| 1st Year Studio Pin-up |
This is G30’s 3rd year since we started in 2010. We have students of different backgrounds every year, and the group is getting bigger. This year, our 1st year students are from China, Korea, Macedonia, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the US. They have already started working on their studio projects.
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| G30 2012-2013 Kick-off meeting |
We started our new semester, and will be working on studio project to design non-linear tensegrity canopy, developing both physical and digital design system. Digital tutorials have also begun this week focusing on Maya, Rhino+Grasshopper, and Processing. The students are going to develop and exam their design systems by making physical models and 1:1 mock-ups in the first half of the semester.
