3DD - Day 1

Spontaneous Structures

Going straight into making structures rather than having vague initial sketches beforehand was quite daunting at first because I was out of my comfort zone. I would have normally drawn up a few visualisations of the potential appearances of my structure and used it as a rough guide, but making structures as you proceed with the task was challenging but rewarding at the same time, since you were forced to create the most unexpected structures, you were not always able to undo your mistakes, therefore you would   have to improvise at different stages in the constructing process.

At the beginning I was being too precious with my first structure and continued to add details, however I eventually learned to work faster in order to meet the brief. Although meeting the task requirements didn’t happen in the end, since I made six out of ten structures. I really enjoyed working with new materials that I hadn’t used before such as plywood, dowels and ziplocks. Polypropylene became the bane of my life for the day, as it was a tough material to work with. It had its advantages: the ability to make complex forms; and disadvantages: not holding its form. 

I realised I had some reoccurring themes within my structures for example, creating bridge joints, many curved walls and different layers. I would say the ‘Radical Geometry’ exhibition at the Royal Academy had influenced the structures I made because I created structures that tried to integrate the spatial awareness that was presented at the exhibition.