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![]() | MAS ETH ARCH/CAAD - 2005/06 - STUDENT PAGES Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture, Specialization in Computer Aided Architectural Design | 065-0005/6 Supervision: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt, Philipp Schaerer Chair of CAAD, ETH Zurich phase Ibuilding a prototype within a few days > > > plexi shellproposalsfirst thoughts about the design > > > creating 3 variations![]() ![]() ![]() the designs in the very beginning tried to be as simple as possible. two prototypes had to be build within a few days and were only designed to be used at an one-day test. we wanted to think about different materials and create varying atmospherical effects with them. the plexi stands for a 'techy' appearence while the wood/leather design wants to evoke an 'ancient feeling'. however, we chose the plexi and tried to keep the details simple considering the very short time... productionbuilding the prototype > > > bending plexi by heat![]() we lasered white plexi sheets by a cnc laser and bent the pieces by heat. most of the work was done by hand. ![]() here you can see an abstract presentation of the bending process. we built kind of a wooden mould to shape the plexi. resultplexi shell > > > final prototypes![]() in the end we had two quite good looking prototypes. the nokia phone and the gps advice were just sticked in and fixed by stripes of felt. -- NDSMartinTann - 24 Jul 2006
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