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Assingment 2 Task 12

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An Abstract Laser cut Model That Supports My Notion Of A Sectioned Cave





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Caves are a large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff. There are a number of numerous processes in nature of which caves are formed. Some caves also are found in cliffs along the edge of a coastline formed through the process of being chipped away by the relentless pounding of waves. Others form where a lava tube's outer surface cools and hardens and the inside of the molten rock drains away. Caves can also be formed in glaciers, through the process of melted water carving out tunnels at the beginning of its journey to the sea are formed along an extended period of time and not forgetting cave that are formed through the natural process of combining limestone and water.

Caves are naturally dark, moist and uninviting but there is a lesson of aesthetics present. Just looking at the insides and out of a cave one can’t help but realise how a cave is perceived from its outer shell as opposed to its inner sanctum. There are numerous form of caves. The caves that relate to these structures share a pair of shapes that contradict each other. These caves are dressed with simplicity whilst in its inner sanctum lies an array of complex shapes.

Applying this notion to a building, can be very helpful as if in a similar position of wanting a complex and sharp building one would just have to refer to a cave of this sort for inspiration.

What I would like to achieve with these shapes is to arrive at a conclusion. A conclusion that shares my visions. A vision to finalise the design of a building which is embellished with smoothness whilst the internal sections of the building are as complex as can be.

A cave itself deceives any living creature as they walk pass. The main reason as to why I have chosen this route is because whilst keeping the interior extremely shape in context of its complexity with the smooth exterior the cave makes the top candidate.

Applying this idea to a building will bring you to countless amount of sharp points within the building whilst keeping the exterior smooth and well presented amongst its neighbouring buildings. In a way one might describe this building as a concealed building.

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Assingment 2 Task 11

The description of my laser cutting model: What I have done is developed numerous sections of a cave like structure. I plan to set out these section 3mm apart to form an abstract model of my final structure. Bare in mind that this abstract model share similar concepts to my final model.

The shape I created in Rihno was projected onto a box morph.
The spline line was drawn then divided into points and the box morph was projected onto thoses points.

Assingment 2 Task 10

Ive taken my cave inspired structure to the next stage as I would like to incorprate random but controlled spikes sticking out from the inside.

My thoughts on the laser cutting meterial selections would be either plywood or Acrylic, as plywood would give me an earthy and heavy effect but acrylic would give me clean and light effect

Assingment 2 Task 9

ASSINGMENT 2 TOPICS ANS 12 SOURCES

Topics: Light Shading and Caves


12 Sources:

Continuous Shading of Curved Surfaces, H. Gouraud (PDF)

Open GL Shading Language, RJ Rost (Book)

Your Home Technical Manual 4.4 Shading, Caitiln Mc Gee (PDF)

Open GL Lighting or How Light Sources Work, Greg

Statistical Approach to Shape from Shading, Joseph J. Atick, Paul A. Griffin and Norman Redlich (PDF)

Cartoon_Looking Rendering of 3D-Scenes, Philippe Decaudin (PDF)

Nottingham Caves Survey, Dr Walker

StarNet Geospatial & Telecom solutions

Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society Youth Newsletter, Mike Baldwin (PDF)

Natural Bridge Caverns Cave Field Activity: Mapping Fractures, Robin H. Gary (PDF)

Occupational Exposure To Radon In Australian Tourist Caves, S.B. Slolmon, R. Langroo, J.R. Peggie, R.G. Lyons, J.M. James (PDF)

Measuring Cave Dimentions Remotely Using Laser Pointers and A Downhole Camera, Mary J.S. Roth, Jonathan E. Nyquist, Adam Faroni, Sandra Henning, Ron Manney, John Peake (PDF)












http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/surface-of-the-earth/caves-article/

A veil of darkness cloaks the natural beauty of caves. Some are found in cliffs at the edge of the coastline, chipped away by the relentless pounding of waves. Others form where a lava tube's outer surface cools and hardens and the inside of the molten rock drains away. Caves even form in glaciers where meltwater carves tunnels at the beginning of its journey to the sea.

But most caves form in karst, a type of landscape made of limestone, dolomite, and gypsum rocks that slowly dissolve in the presence of water with a slightly acidic tinge. Rain mixes with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as it falls to the ground and then picks up more of the gas as it seeps into the soil. The combination is a weak acidic solution that dissolves calcite, the main mineral of karst rocks.

The acidic water percolates down into the Earth through cracks and fractures and creates a network of passages like an underground plumbing system. The passages widen as more water seeps down, allowing even more water to flow through them. Eventually, some of the passages become large enough to earn the distinction of cave. Most of these solutional caves require more than 100,000 years to widen large enough to hold a human.

The water courses down through the Earth until it reaches the zone where the rocks are completely saturated with water. Here, masses of water continually slosh to and fro, explaining why many caverns lay nearly horizontal.

Fanciful Features

Hidden in the darkness of caves, rock formations called speleothems droop from the ceilings like icicles, emerge from the floor like mushrooms, and cover the sides like sheets of a waterfall. Speleothems form as the carbon dioxide in the acidic water escapes in the airiness of the cave and the dissolved calcite hardens once again.

The icicle-shaped formations are called stalactites and form as water drips from the cave roof. Stalagmites grow up from the floor, usually from the water that drips off the end of stalactites. Columns form where stalactites and stalagmites join. Sheets of calcite growths on cave walls and floor are called flowstones. Other stalactites take the form of draperies and soda straws. Twisty shapes called helictites warp in all directions from the ceiling, walls, and floor.

http://cupidfirepc.blogspot.com/2011/04/callao-caves.html