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12 Oct 2013

For the LED light, i need a switch. At the base i had Laser cut a whole for the swtich install.

It is using USB to power the LEDs.

For the rooms i have use 3D prints "support" to make it semi transparent.

Here is the orginal file i send to the machine:

And the out come with the supporting:

For the chimney and the attached structure i use both 3D print via rhino and laser cut:

Chimney:

The attached structure:

Back of Kate Moss traced in CAD and become part of the icon of the house:

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Working Process (Blue Foam)

I saw thinking should i cast the base or not but due to it take long period of time to fully dry and also i may not have enough tools to craft so i use foam as a core and have plaster plus Polyfilla on top to make the smooth surface. It is a plan and here is the process:

The block of blue foam is far too big for me to work and i have cut into small piece at the cutter in the office space. But it is still to thick so i decide to slides cut it.

My blue foam cutter have other accessory and one is this and i hope can cut most of the part.

After few hours "melting " cutting sawing and make what i want.

Next cutting the shape i want to excavate and cut all the bit i do not want.

I just apply a thin layer 1st and then depends the situation and apply more if needed.

After sanding it have more smooth finishing.

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11 Oct 2013

I was quite worry is the major lips form make able or not (due to i am just a beginner of Rhino and grasshopper). So i start at the whaffle, 1st i make the shape. To make it according to Kate Moss's lip i trace at CAD:

Then import to sketchup for 3D model. ( I am not good at modeling in rhino at the moment. So model in sketchup is the best choice for me):

And then cut it into half:

And now it is ready for import to rhino.

After directly import sketchup into rhino, i have to choose "Trimmed Planes" due to grasshopper the file i use need to input BRep which is faces/planes:

After generate the scripts and it is ready to cut:

Some piece still not fully cut through so i need to slightly cut a bit.

In other to reduce burn marks, cleaning is needed.( Before clean)

(After clean)

Final lip structure.

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16 Sept 2013

From the quotes of Kate Moss, try to extract the idea from her to a concept. I am not going to argue is it right or wrong for the skinny feels which make a huge discussion in the public before. I will focus more on " Show inside to outside" as it also is a traditional issue of architecture. What is inside? what is out side.

To fulfill this whaffle structure is always in my mind. I willing to try using Kate Moss body shape as a starting point and generate the house in the concept.

As a concept the draft i draw is just meaningless curves. Russel suggest to use actual body line, so i looking any shape is suitable to make it be come a house. there for i choose Kate Moss's lips. Although you may argue lips cannot show the skinny feels, i think the magic is how skinny feels inside her mind will announce to the world through her mouth/ lips and her idea become outside and create the image of Kate Moss. In which the chimney of the house will link a body shape curve of her and be come icon of the house.

Back to the whaffle structure, it create the shape of the lips, however on the other hand it dun have any cover and it is hardly define the space under the structure is inside or outside.

The actual bed room is just one meter wide which is the skinny feels "inside". Surrounded by semi-transparent glass block door will allow her to show herself at night.
(for further information please read "The model 2" post.)

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