Digital modelling

While I'm waiting the library images to rend, I've been modelling the room divider and I feel quite good about it. I would like to test the shape to be sure that the divider is usable in real life so I need to find some cardboard somewhere...

I also found a final material for the room divider: synthetic felt. Material allows the product to be light and the sound absorbing qualities are good. There would be no need to use any kind of complicated construction inside the felt because it will be compressed tight. Below there is a image of a room divider called Fold by Studio Segers and Mookum, my product will be made with the same principle as the Fold.

http://studiosegers.be/en/work/product/d/detail/fold

Rendering...

I have been working with Artlantis 5 with my library and I found out a "funny" thing. To make a iVisit3D -file that I was planning to do, it takes to rend about 800 hours! 800 hours! And only with one 360 degree camera. So I'm really truly hoping that they would have Artlantis in the computers at school. Otherwise the rended images will have to be enough. (It takes my laptop about 17 hours to rend one image...)

Here is a link about the panorama file that I wanted to do with Artlantis.

What it comes to the room divider that I'm supposed to design, I feel distressed. The modelling with the new program is time consuming and I really don't know anything about the manufacturing and making the room divider. The shape seems to be too complicated and too expensive to produce... Maybe more research will help...

Library, library, library

I'm finally close the point that I can add the real materials to the library and start rendering. This is what I got done today.

The room divider

Okay, surprise surprise I'm lost again. I have no clue how to built this thing, should I change the shape or what? I definitely don't want to give up. So I'm going to leave it for a while hoping the idea just comes when it is supposed to come and concentrate on the library. Get it done and then the last few weeks concentrate on the room divider. Time is the enemy...

Progress and fresh feedback

Last Friday I was able to have a talk with David Hartwell about my library. I got loads of new ideas and standpoints about the project. We talked about the exits of the building, lighting, construction methods and materials. I got so many good points and reminders about how to design a space. I'm truly thankful for that talk. So, inspired by that talk I continued my modelling and added another lift and staircase to the library. 

      I also started to 3D-model my room divider, I hope I get it done on Monday at school so I can add it to my library. 

For the new staircase I had to find out about the dimensions for strecher in case of an energency. Photo is from Finnish Construction Knolidge -files.

The Library right now

Ground floor

 1st floor

 2nd floor

3D

Full steam ahead!

On Monday I finally got an idea about the legs and the frame of the room divider. Next step is the 3D-modelling. The library is getting ready too. I'm in a stage where I'm choosing the furniture, soon I'll be ready for rendering the images and a panorama file...