Practice of new 3d modelling techniques and learning to design with the tools of today's society is essential to progress as a designer. This project required a deep dive into understanding modern rendering and building techniques to first research what can be built utilizing the materials and software today, and then into smart decision in constructing a forward-thinking design.

Our precedent for this team project was Winton Gallery in London by Zaha Hadid. To start this part of the design process, we picked this project apart analytically via sketches and software. We postulated how the project might be constructed via sketches, expressing how the fabric was stretched according to the algorithm. We then recreated the project using grasshopper and rhino. 

Hoping to speak to Zaha's original design but simplify it to our time-frame, we constructed an idea of using the same language using steel rods and knitting but express the verticality over other directions. 

Knitted polyester would take too long by hand but we tweaked it as necessary using the good old fashioned sewing techniques.

The body was primarily made by creating a grasshopper formula and then processing it through a knitting machine. 

We hand bent the steel rods and simply looped the fabric over it.