Some Important Things

Only a selection of the most important things to keep in mind for Monday class:

1-The 3d model you make using illustrator+rhino DOES NOT have to be exactly like your diagram, because the plan diagram you made is only an abstract drawing of the connections you are planning to make, not the real plan of your building.

So... please dont just extrude the diagram in Rhino. If the connections end up being longer or they are shaped differently, it´s ok and normal. The technique I explained on Monday produces fluid, continuous surfaces and this is what we are aiming to do: fluid space. In other words: the connections, loops, etc have to work the same as in your diagram, but they don´t have to be shaped after it.

2-It is not compulsory that your road system is made for cars, trains, trams, etc (which need flat floors to work). You can also use more organic section profiles as the ones I showed in class if the resulting volumes are used for people. Look at the water pavillion photos I posted in the blog today.

3-Please use the illustrator blending + rhino lofting technique. It might seem complicated at first but it is not, and the results are completely different from pure extrusion.