FMP | #7

3D render of one of the chosen shapes in Google Sketchup. Thankfully the shape wasn't too complex to create and it definitely seems like something that I can manipulate and possibly multiply in order to create something bigger. 

The images above explain the reason for lines on the exterior of the shape, they were originally intended to suggest the railing on what was initially a segment of a staircase. However, when i choose to remove those sections from the original shape it presented me with something very interesting. The only problem was how could I use it?

The structure here is simply a box with a tessellation of the shape on the front exterior, it is nothing too complex and frankly I could never settle for something like this for a final model. Also the issue with the shape on the front is that it isn't level, it has a diagonal slope and would therefore prove useless for domestic use. I haven't quite worked out a scale for my models yet but I feel that can wait for later. 

I think this stage of the design process is my favourite because it allows me to simply play around with the shapes and the software and see what I can come up with. 

By taking this shape and trying to think differently I have managed to create this structure with some very obvious influence from Sol LeWitt. I approached this one with the idea of working INTO the shape instead of manipulating the shape via multiplication or rotation. 

The shape of the structure is definitely suggestive of a residential building, or at least it has that possibility. I like that the cubist net within the gaps has maintained a horizontal/vertical structure instead of following the diagonal slant of the white segment. I think this way the structure retains some sort of order

However, referring back to the Sol LeWitt influence, you get so much more of an impression now that it has become a 3D realisation. They look much more like individual apartments now that they part of something much larger. I am really into the idea of having something quite symmetrical, in the sense that the building will be completely space efficient. The idea of tessellation also seems like a possibility...