Our final task was to make a presentation model that could show the upright position of our card structure. We made this out of one piece of card and folded it into shape.

We started construction on day four. Our design fitted into a grid with 4 rows and 5 columns of 600mm by 900mm each of these pieces is scored to create our origami design. The sections were attached with staples and tape on the tabs.

out in the park asking pedestrian to test the shelter. a reason for a good laugh during exam period, seems like our shelter was the most sussessful at easy to set up. unfortunatly the shelter broke after a few trials.

Erecting our shelter in All Saints Park. With the help of a passer by, we expanded our shelter over string between two trees.

1:1 model finished, the bigger model actually fold better then the smaller model. looking forward to let people test it tomorrow

building 1:1 model, taking a lot of people and space. haha

Day 6: We took a trip to All Saints park in the sunshine to test the shelters out in real, outside conditions, and to get the public to interact with them, to allow us to get feedback on our designs.

Day 5: We practised contstructing and deconstructing our shelters, documenting ease of use in case of a disaster and asked fellow students to try.

Day 4: After refining our designs, we began building the at a bigger scale

1:1 honey comb partial model. not looking as nice as we expected but it explains the foldability well!

unfortunately, the honey comb design wasn't able to be build 1:1 due to the cost and complication. however, lecturers gave many realistic advise and lots is learned.

Before presenting our Design we made a 1:1 component to show how the design expands and flattens. I also used the SketchUp model to give an impression of how the shelter might be used.

drawing is harder then making!!after many mathematical calculations, first 3d prototype model finished and rendered.

First prototype of honeycomb model!!lets hope it get selected for the 1:1 model.

People trying to erect shelter in All Saint's Park.

Shelter folded. As it would be when packed to be deployed in disaster areas. It was essential that design was compact.

Final model completed. Individual cardboard panel measurements (1.1m by 1.1m) meant that we could not design as high as we wanted to. Otherwise, design came together well.

Constructing initial prototype to confirm measurements. A 'flat section' was created in the beginning to see whether it would fit together precisely. After this all we had to do was duplicate that section five times, and finally join them together.

Designing final model in Sketchup.

Designing final model in Sketch up. This was necessary for confirming measurements of pieces as well as angles, and to remain within given parameters of the brief. (total area: 9m square)

Finalising design for 1:1 construction. Three designs were finalised from which one had to be chosen for full scale construction. We took part in a presentation, explaining our ideas, and ended up choosing the design on the right.

First day, Origami folding practice. Some templates were given in the brief while some other designs were also tried out during the day.

DAY 7 // We asked members of the public to assemble our shelters. One of the designs was really easy and they did not need any help, however the other two we had to step in and give them a hand on how to construct the shelters.

DAY 7 // We carried our shelters over to All Saints park to ask passers by to try and erect the shelter without any instructions.

DAY 6 // The final 1:1 scale shelter erected. Thought the outcome was great even though we have a few structural and joint issues!!

DAY 6 // We finished the net for our final shelter design. This is the net before it is folded at 1:1 scale.

All designs were tested out on the general public without any instructions. It was nice to see how people approached the situations.

All pieces put together, we realised that cardboard wasn't probably the best option of material due to its rigidity. Lets just say there was a lot of tape involved.

Worked on the most complex design chosen, cutting out 22 cardboard pieces that formed the large 4 metre pop-up tent.

Presentation time! Urun, the second year tutor, along with Fari analysed each design, and provided us with constructive criticism on improving the design to suit the needs. From the 4 presentations, 3 designs were chosen based on simplicity and overall cost and unfortunately the honeycomb structure had a high cost leading to the design being aborted.

Came up with designs for pop-up shelter since there was a change in the original plans of 3D printing a prototype structure. We used the designs from the previous origami session to come up with unique shelter. The idea behind our design was the honey-comb structure and how it can be connected to nearby tents of a similar shape. The structure needed 3 poles in order to be put up.

Introduction to emergency shelters in the morning which provided us with a brief, which required us to design a temporary shelter that could be used by the inhabitants for the length of a year. The afternoon was followed by a session of origami that should link to the shelter. Very informative day !

Day 6: We made a small version of our shelter that we can show on the exhibition

Day 5: Volunteers assembling the shelter

we finally tested the models by seeing if members of the public could deploy the structures

we stuck all the pieces together in the origami form to produce the emergency shelter

we cut out the two repeated pieces and used them as templates for the next 8 pieces

we used our maths skills to measure out and scale up the pieces of our model at 1:1

We each decided, in our smaller groups, on specific designs to develop

We started by having a go at making all sorts of crazy origami designs!

After we found a volunteer, he had a go at trying to erect the shelter!

With our temporary shelter ready to test out, we took it to All Saints park and looked around for some people who could have a go at trying to erect the shelter.

The shelter was held up with string against two trees, this kept the arch shape.

A smaller scale of the structure for the exhibition.

We went to All Saints Park to test how easy the shelters would be to assemble with members of the public.

Finished product: from prototype to construction of real shelter

Design completely flat packs for easy transportation

It works! cool little shelter for our disaster relief atelier

Tedious job of joining each segment but we're almost there!

One segment completed at 1:1, another 5 to go!

Helping the guys with their design

1:1 prototype section of joint and how it would work in a real life disaster

Alternative prototype, in case the other design becomes to complex

Day 5: Trying the emergency shelters in Oxford Road to test weather agents

We invited public to experience and share their thoughts with us.

Day 6: testing our shelters with people passing by

Interior2

Public Engagement

Beautiful day to take the models out and test it with members of the public

DAY 6: Final proposal

Comparison to when it is completely flat to folded.

Unfolding, folding and putting up.

In order to make the structure more compact, added lines were made so that the panels could fold without changing the design again. The illustration shows the extra lines and a paper model was made to test it out.

The different patterns that the shelter could be folded into. First is how it is folded, second is flat and the third is how the shelter would stand in the arch.

On the second day we fine tuned our design. We found the fold pattern we chose did not go flat enough for the structure to be feasibly transported. To solve this we added a Y shaped fold down the middle of the horizontal folds. This idea came from looking at models we had made on day one.

The next step was model our shelter on SketchUp. This helped us present our idea to the group on day three. It also made it easy to show how the design could be expanded.

I plan to use this origami surface to develop into a shelter. It looks complex but can easily be divided into a grid and repeated.

Closed

Open

Good job

Scale model and 1:1

Final adjustments

After practicing origami folding techniques on day one, we started applying our shapes into a shelter for after a disaster has struck.

Taping the joints

Marking out the shapes from a template

another origami emergency shelter!

DAY 5 // Today we finished constructing our 1:1 shelter. We had to lay the net out on the floor and staple the tabs together before fully constructing.

Day 4: 1:1 cardboard construction day of emergency shelter