Object Design and Fabrication - Nadia

 This week I made a few small adjustments to the bench design after cutting last week and realizing there were a few sizing tweaks to make. I also changed the maze definition to better suit the needs of the CNC machine. I learned that polylines are easier to set as a trace than to ask the machine to cut out a boolean differenced pattern. Here are some photos of the CNC cuts and process from this week: We are getting close to finishing. The bench is all cut out and mostly sanded, and 1 sheet of the shelf is cut. I am really happy with our progress this week and am looking forward to finishing up in the coming days.

 This week I finalized the design for the bench to be strong and cuttable on the CNC machine. I also shifted the theme of the design to fit the maze pattern of the group's chosen direction. Here are some screenshots from my Rhino file that show the amount of wood required to create this bench and highlight some of the systems that I created to fit this bench together. The renders show what I think the colours could be after we paint the wood. This week our group needed to finalize the designs to ensure we could begin cutting in class on Friday. The challenges of this project will be mainly in the construction, so it will be all hands on deck in the upcoming week.

 This week team 2 picked a concept direction. Which was to create a function piece of furniture for the Nest on the 5th floor. We are creating a shelf, desk, bench combo that can fit against the wall and provide a quiet, and generously sized space to work on projects. I was a part of the team making the bench. We each decided to make our own concept of a bench then let the group decide which direction to go forward with. My design is based on a wavy texture that I created in grasshopper, and rounded shapes on the legs to match the organic nature of the shelf below the seat. On Wednesday we met as a whole group to pick a design direction. We decided on a maze pattern created by Daniela. We are also choosing her design for the desk/shelf combo, with a few modifications. We decided to go with the base design of my bench. The next steps will be to add a back and change the wave texture to fit the broader maze pattern of our group's design concept. It was challenging to land on a single

This week I began researching and sketching for my group (group 2)'s full-scale project.  Here is some of the work that inspired my thinking: I have my research document with all the sources of these images linked  here . Here are the 3 concepts I came up with: Idea 1: mix of the inspiration, taking a similar shape from the last table, and the idea of creating a barrier, or separator out of the pattern - looking through the design and whatever is on the other side Idea 2: Use a slightly spinning shape to create a spinning table base, glass on the top. When you look down through the centre of the base there is an optical illusion - idea 4 is another shape with the same concept - this one doesn’t spin, it just gets smaller. Idea 3: Small interlocking patterned pieces can be built into a bench or wall divider. Team two met on Wednesday and we decided to focus on creating a piece of furniture for the school, either for studying or relaxing. My revised concept sketch is below. We wil

 This week I 3D printed my Voronoi plant table as a scaled model. I had to make a few small adjustments to my design, mainly that the bottom of the table needed to curve more gently into the stem of the table. Once that was done, I flipped the design upside down and 3D printed it. I haven't used the school's 3D printers before, and it was a really great experience. I was worried about the design failing at about the halfway point of the print, but it stayed strong and turned out just as I hoped.  Here are some photos from the printing process: Here is the model (I added a bud from my spider plant to give a sense of potential plant/table scale):

This week I finished creating my table. I switched from a coffee table to an end table, because I wanted the stem of the table to be longer, to better represent the shape of a plant. This table is a Voronoi patterned end table that is meant for a house plant to be a part of the furniture. The concept came from the question: how can plants become more integrated into our indoor environments? Plants, at least in my house, just sit on top of shelves and tables, this way the plant is fully a part of the furniture, and the growth of the plant determines the final design of the table. The name of this table is Nature Integrated Table.  The Voronoi pattern is inspired by the shapes of plant cells, and the overall shape of the table is inspired by a blooming plant. If this table was full size my hope is that the plant would be put in the dirt directly in the centre of the table, without a pot. This way the roots and the plant would start to grow through the Voronoi. The pattern also has natura