irregular folds

This study used the same type of origami model as our previous study except that this one used a completely random set of folds to make the wall. The movement of this study follows the same type of compressing movement as the first, but it does not fully compress. However, this study creates a different set of geometries through the wall when compressed unlike the first.

Reposting our cloth study video because it depicts how we would like our wall to possibly move in and out much like a wave.

Team O Geometry Exploration, continued

By creating a pocket on the surface, we were able to filter the colors and and direct the lights with more control.

When the surface is fully open, more lights pass through showing off the colors and when the surface is closed, less lights pass through making the Radiant Light Film almost invisible.

mountain folds / valley folds

While trying to connect modular pieces presented on a previous blog "Radiant Light Film and simple geometry," we ran into trouble and frustration - mostly frustration. This led to simplifying the geometry into a square with one diagonal mountain or valley fold.
Mountain fold is when the fold is raised up and valley fold is when the fold is pushed down.
To add a more irregular pattern, we decided to rely on chance and a coin. Head means mountain fold and tail means valley fold. After many coin tossing we ended up with these three different shapes.

Team O Geometry Explorations

Our first explorations dealt with the origami fold that Chris developed last week. The animation shows how the surface expands, but the geometry is not completely accurate as the surface areas of the faces are changing slightly.

Taking the original cut pattern and altering the vertices produces different variations in the fold pattern. Here are two screen shots of the definition file showing how the vertices can be altered according to some kind of logic, such as sine curve, or a linear curve. The results of the altered cut patterns are shown following the definition files.

Now adding another layer of movement, we imagined the surface composition as something that can grow from a single point and expand to become a curtain or shading device.

To go a step further, if we reconfigure the folds of the original origami to align with each other we get a more 3-dimensional surface that could act as a shading device (still thinking about the interaction of these geometries with the 3M radiant light film). The openings vary according to the same logic that we developed earlier with explicit history (mapping vertices according to basic functions)

Walking Light Wall_Midreview

The flowing + rippling motion of the structure is created through the interconnectedness of each module. Whether it is activated by hand or by step, the whole structure reacts individually and wholly. The Film is attached to each individual module, and reacts is the same gradual change motion of the structure, as the structure moves and changes, so does the color of the reflection and refraction of color through the film.








The following prototype aims at looking at the physical mechanism to control the movement of the previous wall as one walks down the sidewalk along it. A piano key-like mechanism was utilized to control the rotation of the wall. As one walks down the side walk, their pressure exerted on the ground would "press on the piano key" pulling a pulley that rotates individual segments of wall. The wall would appear to move with the pedestrian as they progress along the path.