DISCLAIMER: upload overload!
since i'm a newbie in terms of digital project (and blogging for that matter) these first few tutorial posts may be heavy in images, as i really want to document the process i went through in order to achieve the final outputs, primarily for my future benefit in understanding the characteristics and capabilities of the program.
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from the project brief.......
//Intent//
The intent of tutorial 1 is to introduce basic navigation and basic organization for the CATIA environment. Almost everything developed within CATIA (and other parametric software) is driven by the sketch. The sketch is defined by a flat plane whose location can be clearly defined. This is a key fact as there are many ways (and locations) to define a plane, and therefore a sketch. Three dimensional surfaces and solids can then be created using various sketches in multiple locations.
//Tasks//
You are to create a plan for building, urban space, or object that you consider to be parametric in conception. Similar to the Borromini plans discussed in class, you must draw a diagram that shows the rules / logics of the bays and subdivisions. Before you start you should consider how the parameters might affect the variations. You must show 5 variations of the plan and explain the implications on the project.
for this assignment, i chose to draw the toledo glass pavilion, by sanaa. i chose this building primarily because of the (apparent) proportional relationships between the various room sizes and corners, and also because i felt it offered a strong exercise in learning to draw in digital project, incorporating curves, offsets, alignments, etc. i chose to draw a portion of the building, the northwest corner creating relationships between the proportions of the gallery spaces through creating formulas relating the lengths, widths and radii within each room, as well as linking the formula back to the previously drawn rooms, thus creating a totally linked sketch. below is the step by step creation of the base layout for the northwest corner of the pavilion.
final plan.......
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variation 1
adaptations:
result:
the proportions of all the rooms shrink in relation to the change in gallery 1, as they are all linked, while the interstitial gallery space also shrinks to adapt to the new proportions and constraints.
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variation 2
adaptations:
result:
the proportions of all the rooms grow in relation to the change in gallery 1, as they are all linked, while the interstitial gallery space also grows to adapt to the new proportions and constraints.
variation 3
adaptations:
results:
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variation 4
adaptations:
removing the constraints allows the interstitial space to float free from the corners of the rooms, and the scale and proportion of the entire plan adapts according the the increase in scale.
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variation 5
adaptations:
results:
the resulting spaces begin to take on the angles created from the change to gallery 1, as a result of the parallel and offset restraints.
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