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River Screening

Digital Fabrication Prototyping

This project was part of an elective course that I undertook in 2017. In this project, we took a concept design and worked through digitally modelling, and prototyping with digital fabrication to demonstrate the design.

The concept was for slatted screening that had the beautiful snaking path of the local Kaipara River carved into it. Our built prototype took three separate pieces of the river and combined them into a single model so that the different widths and depths of the cut could be easily seen.

CNC ROUTER OPERATING

CNC router carving out river curves.

PROTOTYPE – HALF COMPLETED

Half way through the finishing operation on the CNC router.

CNC ROUTER OPERATING

CNC router finishing prototype.

PROTOTYPE COMPLETED

River screening 1:1 prototype completed.

GLUING SCREENING

Assembling 1:2 model of screening and frame.

DIGITAL MODEL

Rhino3D model of 1:1 river screening prototype.

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