I’ve written about space and symmetry, time to show some structure :
January 15, 2009
Deployable and Transformable structures
Posted by Daniel under All, Structure | Tags: auxetic, deployable, folding, linkage, origami, Structure, transformable |[10] Comments
February 3, 2009 at 7:53 pm
bigs up the glitch mob!
February 5, 2009 at 5:33 am
Hi there,
I love your work. I’d love to experiment with some of your patterns for the deployable/transformable structures. If it’s not too much trouble could you e-mail some to me?
Thanks,
Adam
February 9, 2009 at 9:30 am
Thanks Adam, I’ve replied by email
March 9, 2009 at 12:28 am
Hi Daniel,
I’ve made the square 3d tessellated origami model as well as the waterbomb corrugated model before and they are really fascinating. I’m working trying to figure out how these could be made at a large scale with different materials. I was curious if you had any thoughts or have come across projects that deal with the problem of the joint. Because paper can act as the rigid surface and the joint its not a problem, but at a larger scale with rigid panels made out of wood or metal the jointing and structure is my major problem right now. I’d love any advice you have or projects to look at.
Thanks in advance, your work is great.
March 9, 2009 at 1:07 am
Hi digigami. Translating into other materials is an interesting challenge. I found it useful to make models in foamboard – so the hinge is either on one side or the other. The challenge is then to figure out the correct pattern of offsets (which can be tricky). I did this with the waterbomb pattern here:
Some of the other patterns should be possible with a bit of work.
The other thing to bear in mind is that many of these folding patterns actually rely on a very slight twisting of the panels, which becomes more of an issue in other materials.
April 7, 2010 at 4:21 am
Hi, I would also like to experiment with some of these pattens – especially the oragami ones! They look amazing. Could you please give me some more patterns?
April 13, 2010 at 1:49 pm
hye,
your work is amazing, i am in final year of architecture. my thesis project is based on transformable structures. can u please help demonstrate how u made that second last model that transforms to a frame of a cube…plzzzzzzzz
June 3, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Hello,
Really nice look. I would realy like to practice some of them. Could you give me some patterns ?
Again Bravo,
Stef Bruxelles
February 20, 2012 at 7:26 am
hi ….love your work!…can yo please give me instructions on how to make the cube??the one that keeps transforming endlessly?
May 5, 2017 at 1:31 am
Hey Daniel,
I am currently starting a thesis on deployable structures and am in the process of researching different designs and methodologies. I am very interested in your first deployable triangular prism, would you have any further information on it? I am just trying to work out how you have made it expand considering my thesis will be focusing on the more practical applications of deployable structures.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Leo