Lightfields
CONCEPT
Lightfields is a formal exploration into the material performance of geometry and light. How can fields of vectors translate into a performance of light?
DESIGN
The parameters of vector length, width, height, thickness, and rotation are defined to explore and to transform the two-dimensional pattern into a design that would exhibit variation of light across the surface. Four different prototypes show the variation produced by the variation in the variables. Point density per panel is constant but varies across the different prototypes to reveal the optimum value.
PROTOTYPES
The physical prototypes explore tapering, variation of elements height, extrusion height required to block the light and their density. On the basis of these lessons and parameter values, the final design is developed.
REFINEMENT
Three alternatives for the final panel translate the physical experiments into a larger scale and also progressively minimise the formal gesture. The third alternative, using a single attractor point and a single circular wave, was developed into the final panel.
FABRICATION
The fabrication took 13 hours 42 minutes with 109g of Z-ABS material on a Zortrax M200 and an algorithm was used to rotate the piece to optimize the print time. Infill was kept at a minimum and the layers were built on a resolution of 0.29mm on a 0.4mm nozzle.
