Self Standing Modular Structure Using Laser Cutting.

Final Product.

At first, my partner and I began by prototyping and sketching our ideas on paper. This is essential because as we started sketching, we began to see ideas that worked more than others. Since we both were sketching our own ideas, we visually were able to see what designs can be mixed together and incorporated into our structure. After our basic sketches, we started cutting out pieces to see how they can fit together, and what we can use to make it self standing.

After agreeing on a design that incorporated both of our sketches and ideas, we then started working with Rhino to see our designs digitally. As we started working with Rhino, we kept the measurements in mind, which was each piece being more or less than 10 cm. After recreating the idea we sketched out, we then exported it to Adobe Illustrator.

Once we had our file ready, we sent it to the printer with 8 pieces to test out our idea and to see if it had worked or not. After we printed the first round, we realized, in order to make our module self standing and able to connect multiple pieces together, we had to print different lengths of the sticks that we had used for our design.

Before assembling our module together, we went back to Rhino and Illustrator to print various lengths of the sticks. After printing all our materials, we assembled the module by attaching various lengths of the sticks and adding on to the base evenly so it was sturdy enough to stand on its own.