Folding Analysis
Research Study
Studio_3B
Date_autumn2013.
Media_illustrator. rhino 5. python. v-ray.
Collaborator_mona dai.
This collaboration study shows a deconstruction of the various folding movements that are required to construct a standard paper crane.
MOTION_cross sections
These orthogonal drawings showcase the sequential folding operations in terms of axis of revolution, area of revolution, and point of revolution, which show the crease line, portion of paper to be moved, and point that travels through space respectively.
MOTION_ arcs
These axonometric drawings show the movement of the point of revolution as a line in 3-dimensional space. They describe the pattern that is formed when the crane is folded without any intermediary rotation of the whole, with movement happening in both the positive and negative portions of the Z axis.
MOTION_volumes | templates
Volumes and their 2-dimensional templates are constructed using the point and line information from the previous two drawing sets. These volumes describe the space occupied by the paper as it is manipulated in each step of the folding process.
CODE_generation and iteration
In this series, an original Python script is run in Rhino to mimic the studied transformation and automate the production of the spatial templates describing movement.
