Author: aneeshcarvalho

Inspired by minimal Persian lamps, I created my own product family of louvred persian light pendants.

 

When a light source is placed inside, you cant see the source, but only the diffused light leaking out of each louvre/fin.

By Aneesh Carvalho , Xiao Jing and Dineet Sapra

The project is inspired by the Warehouse renovation project by Archi Union Architects in Shanghai. We explored the gradual rotations of each brick block so that when built as a wall, it produces wave patterns.

The grasshopper definition includes a graph mapper that governs the curvature of the wall, so that different configurations can be analysed to reach a structurally stable curve wall. the rotation of each brick is computed by the “sine” mathematical function.

Each iteration provides a varying degree of privacy which can be manipulated by the variables in grasshopper as per the design requirement.

The main challenge for this project was the structural stability of each iteration. The material we used was 2 ply chipboard, which when joined together to form a 4-sided box, raked to the sides because of lateral forces. However, the varying rotation angles formed by the stacking of bricks provided stability to the finished wall.

A greater amount of structural stability can be achieved by using materials like wood for the indivual building blocks.

Presentation with design variations:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wQCw3K52fl5IktG_WUdjjBaNQcYuahMDkBs7-rKHx5A/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

 

Museum of Sound –  Interior Design Studio

Louvres – curve attractor to manipulate the angle of the louvres and point attractor attractor to manipulate the opening rotations.

Resonating ceiling – Delauney triangulation and the edges that hold them are “pipe”-d. Simple but effective

Wall – Cull pattern!

Divide curve -> Orient (shape) -> Rotate (about the central axis)