A specific example of a configuration of our developed frame-modules

      Plan and section + Diagram - configuration of structure according to the wind directions + Diagram of spaces within the structure 

Timelapse - test of the frame-modules 

Phase 4

Foci 1: Create balance between dynamic >< static structure 

Frame the dynamic parts and thereby be able to control the extent of how the structure can move.

Investigation: Make metal frames with suspended 'fabric with props' attached in various points - investigation of how it behaves differently depending on the number and placement of the attachment points.

Foci 2: The shape and scale of the elements (props)

Try different kind of shapes: triangle, hexagon, asymmetric rhombus(the element we have used so far) and symmetric rhombus - in two different scales

Investigation: Pieces of fabric with the different kind of shapes and scales (8 variations) suspended in the metal frames

All of the 8 variations suspended in all of the ten different configuration of point attachments exposed to wind from three different angles. 

Book - Phase 3.3 - Final Prototype

Final Model/Prototype

                                                  Model

                                                                  Diagrams:Transformation of the structure (three selected shapes) - hight 

                                                                  Body ><Cover

Final ModelPlanning and decisions 

Location: Placed with the back of the structure to East-south-east and open up to West - make lee for the wind  in the closed space of the structure

Picture

Anchorage points: 

The open part of the structure should be attached with a wire in two asymmetric points to a wire which are shaped in a circular shape connected by three poles so it is able to slide and be tranformed and the wire to the fabric should be longer than the distance from the fabric to the poles so it also is able to move upwards and downwards.

The space of refuge: The anchorage points should be poles from which the structure is connected with wires which makes it possible for the structure to move and be affected by wind but still be in the same general position. 
And to make lee we will add more fabric so it will go to the ground and in the middle also attach the structure further with wires to the ground

The structure of the material for of the space of refuge - manipulation(exstra props):The structure of the material should be scaffold with lists and should go down to this tip in the corner of the space. 

And thereby create this more dictated form which should be a triangular shape with a flat “roof”

The apperance of the structure: The material of the structure should be fabric with white opaque full gloss plastic rhombus-elements.

There should be openings in a part of the structure in the opposite end of the structure than the space of refuge.
The openings should open inwards to make it possible to see reflections of the outside and reflections of the light inside and make the structure  outside homogenous. 

Probe 8

Openings in the structure 

- standardization or alternating

                             

Probe 7

Membrane - Light
Shadows / Reflection / Openings

Probe 6

Manipulation of the transformation of the structure 
-connecting the elements independent to each other 
and creating new patterns in the material

Probe 4 and 5

Anchorage points

The open part of the structure

The closed part of the structure - space of refuge

Schedule - Phase 3.3

Book - Phase 3.2 - Probes

Probe 3

Material -  Properties

Light - Shadows/reflections

Flexibility

Wood - Cardboard - Transparent plastic

Probe 2.2

Applying frost on the structures while they are exposed to wind 

Change from being dynamic to static 

Rhombus-plate structure with openings:



Rhombus-grid structure with partition

Probe 2

Different levels of flexibility  - openings and partition 

Openings in rhombus-plate structure:

Partition in rhombus-grid structure:

Probe 1

The behavior of different structures in the material (Fabric with props)

Structure 1 - Rhombus-grid structure

Structure 2 - Rhombus-plate structure

Structure 3 - Flexible rhombus-grid structure

Probe

Folded/sliced cardboard - Flexibility >  Dynamic structure

Folded/sliced cardboard - sketch models -  Flexibility <Dynamic Structure>

Variations of openings in the material (cardboard) - flexibility

(Sorted out in the final book because it did not had a big influence on the further development of the project but it does of cause have a big influence on our process and the direction of the project as it shows that we have take another material in to consideration and in that context we come up with the idea with a flexible material which are controlled by rigid elements which gives the material different behaviors depending on the shape of the props)

Notes - probes 

Summary of discussion about which kind of structure we should investigate:
Investigation of how the structure will behave in wind when:


Static structure >< Dynamic cladding  - will behave as in our earlier investigations 

Dynamic structure >< Static cladding - We already know how a structure can be dynamic/changed from phase 2 in our case study archive where group five was working with dynamic structures.

Dynamic structure >< Dynamic cladding: We will on the basis of above-mentioned work with this kind of structure in our investigation because we think this kind of structure both could give us the possibility to both work with a structure which moves in a greater or lesser extent and we can slice in the structure and make it possible for the structure to open up in certain areas and be closed in others. etc. 

We have decided to focus on one of these structures to get a better chance to investigate more specific subjects to the structure's behavior both in relation to material - which kind of material can be dynamic when it is un-frozen and static (remain in differently dynamic forms) when it is frozen and how can it be formed and thereby behave in different ways.
And in relation to form; how can it be formed for instance angled according to the direction of the wind? How can it be wide open in some areas and closed in others? How can the modules vary between being dependent of the rest of the structure or being more independent? How should the structure be attached to the ground? 
Etc.

Proposals to probes:

Probe_1: Form of the structure
Probe_2: Connection to the ground; stringed or directly
Probe_3: Materials: Wood, paper, glass(thick transparent paper), plastic

Preparation:
We need a box which can create turbulence wind for our probes 

Precise location: 
The valley Horgardalur - nearest city: Akureyri

Reason: In the winter is the temperature always below the freezing point and in valleys occur turbulence which thereby will change the structure in different directions.

Titel for our investigation programme:

"Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions"

Intensions - further investigations 

Static><Dynamic:

- Dynamic structure >< Dynamic cladding

- Static structure >< Dynamic cladding

- Dynamic structure >< Static cladding

- Flexible material or flexible joins

- Dynamic in the summer and static in the winter - partly dictate/direct the transformation in the structure so it will make lee for the       wind in the winter

- Which visually influences will the frost have on the structure

Preprobe - Investigation_4

Winds ability to pass through unfrozen/frozen covering

Result: Slightly no change in winds ability to pass through the used fabric frozen or not. The surfaces will either way serve as protection from the wind.
Turbolens makes greater impact on the curtain we placed, than wind blowing directly through the fabric. 

Preprobe - Investigation_3 

Frost closing gaps on surface

Result: The frost will not fill out the greater gaps, at least not if you don't have a situation where there simultaneously is added water during the freezing process. 
Smaller gaps within the fabric is covered by frost. 

Preprobe - Investigation_2

Windlapse - Dynamic Structure(unfrozen) // Static structure(frozen)

Left: Windlapse - Structure >< affected by the wind >< dynamic structure

Right: Windlapse - Frozen (dynamic) structure >< not affected by the wind >< static structure

Preprobe - Investigation_1

Windlapse: Dynamic structure affected by the wind - Expansion

Book - Phase 3.1

Programming

Parameter: Structure transformed by the wind <dynamic> and made rigrid by the frost <static>

Location: Iceland

Time-scale: 12 - months - cycle

Phase 3 - Overall parameter; Dynamic >< Static Structure/Cladding

Sketch; dynamic cladding transformed by wind(dynamic) and fasten by frost(static)

Book - Phase 2 - Study Cases

LONDON ZOO AVIARY BY CEDRIC PRICE

TANZBRUNNEN BY FREI OTTO

Analysis of one given work of architecture <London Zoo Aviary by Cedric Price> 

and one chosen work of architecture <Tanzbrunnen by Frei Otto>

- Historical data

- Structural analysis (drawings/diagrams and study model)

- The properties of the membrane as a mediator between the body and the environment

- Final models of the discovered potentials of the work of architecture

Book - Phase 1 - Phenomenon _Wind

WIND - SOFT MATERIAL - BODY

Book about my chosen meteorological phenomenon - Wind

The behaviour of wind and how it occur

How the wind affect the human body

A covering in focus <textile> - the materiality and properties 

<Wind is an invisble meteorological phenomenon. It is a movement in the air and can only be seen when it moves other visible things as the water, trees, leaves etc.

It can although still affect and be felt by the body.    

It can make the temperature seem colder than it actually is and thereby make you freeze or cool you down on a hot summerday. It depends on the wind speed, the wind direction in proportion to your body and how the outdoor room you are located in is organized. 

Beside affecting the skin/ body temperature the wind also affects the hearing, your mouth and eyes it can dry up your mouth, it can be really noisy and it can makes your eyes water.

But what happens when you are covered by a soft materiale let say some kind of textile? Will it give you the same kind of lee as a static material does and how will it effect your experience of the environment outside the cover. 

As the affect of the wind on our body often has a “negative” influence you often cover yourself against the wind and this covering is often made by static materials to make lee whether it is a fence or it is a actual house.>

Wind - The appearance of wind 

Only appears when it moves other visible things  

Few chosen photos - taken in Aarhus