Yan Zhang – Tangible Interfaces http://mas834.media.mit.edu MAS.834 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:52:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://courses.media.mit.edu/2015fall/mas834/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/09/cropped-TIlogoB-02-copy2-32x32.png Yan Zhang – Tangible Interfaces http://mas834.media.mit.edu 32 32 Radical Design Tool http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/11/03/radical-design-tool/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:11:57 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=5047 title pic-01

 

Idea

Like 3D printing technology, Radical Atom system allows designer to create physical objects beyond the limitation of craft methods, but one step further, it allows designer to create and adjust the design in a intuitive tangible fashion in real time. In architectural design or urban planning realm, design is always scale sensitive. With Radical Design Tool, designers could not only exam their design in different scale effortlessly, but also exam it through out the entire time line / life circle.

 

Implementation

The InForm shape display table provide a perfect way to bring designer’s 3D geometry into physical world. An Argumented Reality system will be necessary to fill the gap of InForm’s low-resolution and bring all the design related information alive to the user.

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Related Research

CityScope project of Changing Places group, Media Lab has done researches on city data, city simulations and visualization for 2 years. It will be a great resource for data, demands and design strategies. Also, the Radical Design Tool will benefit the CityScope project in terms of building a more dynamic, scaleless design platform.

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Crazy cool! How do you think an element of computation here would be used? Considering the length of the first project (2 weeks) – is there a scaled down version of this that would be equally cool?

 

]]> Yan Zhang (Ryan) http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/09/18/yan-zhang-ryan/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:34:39 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4172 Hi! I am a graduate student / research assistant in the Changing Places Group at the MIT Media Lab. My current focus is developing multi-media interactive city model and interface, which enable people understand and participate the urban design intuitively.

I have a background of architecture design with a special emphasis on computational design for more than 10 years. After I got my master degree of architectural design in Columbia University. I worked as architect for a top firm in the industry, SOM. As an architect, I developed a strong sense of design and skills of concept sketching, 3D modeling, physical model fabrication, performance simulation, construction coordination, etc. My architecture practice includes parametric form-finding and all-phase-architectural design of Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. 

I also worked as a research assistant in Columbia University, during which I worked on variety of interdisciplinary projects focusing on data visualization, optimization, complex geometry, machine learning application, etc. 

Looking forward to learn and create beautiful project with you in Tangible Interface!

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