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WHALE CHAIR
A Concrete Chair Using Non-planar 3D printing
Academic Project • Spring 2022 • Team Work with Jiazhi Han, Zeheng Wu, Tianrong Wu
ARCH 258 | Instructor: Simon Schleicher
My Role: Team Leader, Concept Design, Form Finding, Cobot Effector Head Design, Fabrication Process Design, Drawings and Physical Model Design/Making
[ Work In Progress ]
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Skeleton
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Inner Mesh Topology
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Subdivide Surface
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Split
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Effector Head & Fabrication Process Design | Step 1: Concrete Printing with the nozzle
Step 2: Remove the nozzle and scrape out the section with the trowel
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