Design initial housing structure

[afomi]

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Design and 3d print a demo size single body dwelling (for the purposes of getting to a life-size structure)

A full, but simple expression of Opentecture principles. Modular (OpenStandards), re-constructable, 3d-model-able before-the-fact, testable.

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Light guidance

• adhere to the standard

• explore the possibilities*

• evolve the standard

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Things Opentecture takes from software:

• defined as code
• reproducable
• testable
• open-source
• used to build systems (physical instead of software though)
• systems live over time, evolve, and require maintenance
• systems should suit our needs
• we should have agency within our systems (mostly full, but sometimes, restricted [eg: residential high-hise or office building security]

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General flow/cycle

• sequence the steps
• design the pieces
• print the pieces
• test the pieces
• iterate on the pieces

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This Issue will need to be split up into multiple components.

This Issue represents the whole.

Acceptance Criteria

When.STL files for every component of a house can be shipped to a 3d printer, like Sculpteo
Then Sculpteo returns individually 3d printed pieces
And those pieces can be assembled meaningfully into a coherent modular, model-scale sized structure

[afomi]

@theo-armour - a very basic set (draft) components have been posted as .stl at https://github.com/opentecture/build/tree/master/components.

I'd like to work with you to get from these set of components to a basic home-like structure. In my head, this is the beginning sketches, and I'd like to continually refine the designs; specifically with an eye to modularity. Also increase the resolutions of these objects.

It'd be neat to import these components into Spider for placement and presentation - maybe dynamically. Like a software-build - a structure composed of several subcomponents.

[afomi]

@theo-armour - here is an example of an open-ended Issue.

This Issue outlines the goal as Acceptance Criteria.
Sub-tasks are created as Issues to help break up this large amount of work into smaller, easier/faster-to-deliver pieces.

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Relatedly, we're doing work in the Mindmapping repo, but I am assuming the integration of these pieces will happen in Spider. If this is not the case, please let me know, and we can discuss where a good place to assemble many .STL files into one, in a 3d environment.

[theo-armour]

@afomi

I seem to have forgotten / ignored this issue. Sorry.

Is this still the essence in your mind?

Design and 3d print a demo size single body dwelling (for the purposes of getting to a life-size structure)

If so, then then this may clear up my misconceptions - over the past months - about what you are looking for.

My first thought is that models are nice, fun things. And actually - with computers - scale is not an issue (or just a small one) because your physical model can be any size you want it to be. Including larger than life if you are so inclined. And you can use cheaper materials and hack the product with little fear. And much more.

So getting peeps to think about CAD models, physical models and the processing of modelling with models is an important first step in helping peeps build real buildings better, faster, cheaper.

My second thought is that this issue is the overview issue and it covers a number of aspects. Can we identify more discrete topics to focus on?

As a non-exhaustive list of examples:

• Are we concerned about costs? For printers. For filament
• Are we concerned about standards of any sort ?
• Do we start with a model and slice it into printable bit or build from Lego-like bricks
• Who are w building this for? For what intended benefit?
• Are we building actual products or establishing standards?