Gridding Surfaces
| Research Module |
UC Berkeley, Fall 2020
The introduction to the research involves the gridding of a rectilinear form, developing an organization across 6 sides.
When the form unfolds, the gridlines concentrate around the planar intersections. The expected result would produce a form whose sides are divided due to their proximity to one another, introducing the thesis of a cause-and-effect relationship between surface adjacency and gridlines.
In the second iteration, the irregular form explores a grid derived from the surfaces, in which each intersection of the surfaces meets on a point of a projected grid.
The division of each surface is predetermined by its adjacent surface, so the organization of the lines is defined by the form itself. This creates a relationship in which the surfaces are formally defined by an implicit grid, and the gridding of those surfaces is defined by the form.
The Final Iteration
When introducing the rectilinear form from the preliminary assignment, it imposes into the irregular, where the corners meet at their defined points and midpoints. Here, the grid begins on the top of the rectilinear form, and its lines flow off of the surface and onto the irregular surfaces.
This result is organized through its surfaces, and it defines its own character based on the grid—where there are no two identical surfaces, depending on shape or grid.