Time in the City.
Materials Used: Cherry Wood | Acrylic Sheet, Acrylic Paint | Super Glue | Boiled Linseed Oil
Inspiration
Started broad then narrowed down into image boards
Top Concepts
Dancing Man and Woman
Primary Action: Couple spinning in circle
Secondary Action: Woman’s arm raising up and down
Cat Chasing Tail
Primary Action: Cat moving in circle
Secondary Action: Tail moving up and down
Sun and Moon Cycle
Primary Action: Sun rising and clouds move out of the way to expose sun
Secondary Action: Sun bobbing up ad down
Ideation
Top three concepts were refined through aesthetic and motion exploration to guide the next phase of design.
Exploration
Broad concept exploration was distilled into a final direction representing the sun–moon cycle within a cityscape.
Aesthetic
Explored visual language and form inspired by the sun–moon relationship to develop the project’s aesthetic direction.
Final Direction
Final direction focused on expressing the sun–moon relationship through a balanced combination of form and motion.
Mechanism Story Board
Translated the sun–moon relationship into physical motion by evaluating rotary and linear mechanisms to inform the final aesthetic and direction.
Low Fidelity Models
Refined Aesthetic Models
Moved from staggered building design to single row of buildings
CAD
CAD analysis and prototype testing guided refinements that simplified the mechanism and improved visual cohesion
Final Protoype
Laser Cut
Mechanism was refined to one main dowel
Final
Coated with Boiled linseed oil and tung oil
Acrylic Panel added for mechanism view
City lights supported with side enforcements to prevent moving
Laser cut arc added
