1:2 model showing sound

Renders for Cross-Crit

Section showing interior compartments

Interpretation of tower on site

Moving 1:2 Model

More Construction

Exploring light effects through the central core



Fitting the components and support rods



Fully essembles core and layers with support rodes and rotational wheels (no base)



Successful lever system



Construction 1:2 Model

  Securing the interal fixings inside the core structure 

Interior of the core structure

Component frame work and support rods

Support rods

Support rods and mechanism for component rotation

Lever system for delayed rotation of components

Lever and groove system

Glueing our support frame to top section of each layer

1:2 Working Model

We are in the process of making a 1:2 larger scale model to test our mechanism and also to give us an idea of the working process required to make a large model.

Sound

As an addition to our major feature of motion, we have started to explore other sensors to make our tower better convey the idea of kinetic energy transfer. These are some example looking at scraping and scratching.

Bearings

In order to make our layers spin around, with the least friction possible, we are exploring using bearings for each layer to run along and create our desired motion. 

These are skateboard bearings but could easily be adapted to fit into our mechanism.

Working Progress Renders

This is a view the person pushing the structure will see from the bottom.

Beautified render with figures to show scale.

Explanatory Drawings

Experimenting with Form

Components and Views

Completed Model

Motion

Model 1 - Process

Individual Components (Laser Cut)

Symmetrical Form

No Spacers Between Layers

Biomorphic Form

Asymmetrical Form

Making and Inserting rings in the Workshop

Non-uniform Structure

Model with Spacers

Wooden washers Inserted

Trialling Lever Systems (Card and Wood)

Wood Levers

Cut Pins

Pins

Threading nylon through each layer

Finished Model (On Light Box)

Screen Shots From the Video