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April 10, 2017

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Digital Making Reflection and tutorial for Aluminium Blister.

RELATING TO ARCHITECTURE I found the BEIL course interesting, though not what I initially understood to be the actual activities I was to do, I did keep an open mind in order to fully try to learn and internalize how I can put what I have learnt into architecture. By learning how to shape metal, I came to get a better understanding of the material and how it moves as you shape it, giving me better insight in how I could use the material in my designs. In addition, I have also found ways I could use aluminium shaping to create models in architecture, to create skins for outlines, hollow massing models that have the possibility of being organic and parametric designs, easier than my current methods that are employed. Such as using Balsa, Basswood or boxboard to make models. Here are a series of models to express the potential of aluminium models. RELATING AN ALUMINIUM BLISTER TO MY STUDIES I used the blister to express how we could potentiall...

SHAPING AN ALUMINIUM TORUS

SHAPING AN ALUMINIUM TORUS. Step 1: Material Prep Start by grabbing a sheet of aluminium and using a compass/scribe, using a steel rule, just mark a line marking the width of the metal strip you wish to make into a Torus. Using a sheet cutter, line up where you wish to cut your material and using your body weight to cut away! File /sand off any sharp edges along the 4 sides you may come across. Step 2: Lets get smashing! Grab a cylinder template with a curve cut out of wood on it's curved edge and place it into a vice. We will be using the same nylon mallet as before. Place the material over the template, wrapping the material around the cylinder and leave the position you are about to hit within the circumference of the curve. Using the narrow side, smack material along the circumference of the curve. Make sure to hold down the material as you do this and use the wider side of the mallet to stretch the inside that buckles up turn the material and repeat until you reach b...

SHAPING AN ALUMINIUM BOWL.

SHAPING AN ALUMINIUM BOWL. Step 1: Material Prep Start by grabbing a sheet of aluminium and using a compass/scribe, mark a circle within the sheet of aluminium. The circle you draw should be cut out with a pair of pruners. Watch out for any sharp portions as you cut out your circle! Do yourself a huge favor and take a file/sandpaper to the edge of the circle to remove any bits that may hurt you as you work on your bowl. Roughly mark out quadrants, resulting in a target like fashion with a marker. Step 2: Lets get smashing! Grab a concave template cut out of wood and a tapered nylon mallet. Place the material over the template, leaving the position you are about to hit within the circumference of the concave. Using the narrow side, smack material at various points on the outer ring you have drawn on your material. It should crinkle up like the wrapper of a muffin/cupcake. Watch out though! You don't want it to form tight folds, as they might end up cracking when ...

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