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Having 9 elements to choose from, 7 will be chosen. #1 being the least private, and #7 being the most private. #4 will be an intermediary sort of space. From there combinations of certain elements will result in the aggregation/formation of the larger block. Trying to connect like elements. This is element #1

Attempt at connecting elements #'s 1,2&3.

Looking at creating pockets/spaces of connectivity between two different elements

Different kind of connection

Firstly I started placing the 3 'elements' I had chosen in the shell I had created. so see how they could aggregate.

I then decided it might be better to not work in the proverbial bubble, where I was just connecting elements but see how they would react to the defined space of the shell. Connecting the elements 'sectionally' and then projecting them proved to be a more accurate way of working. Once the character of a certain part ot the shell is determine, that is if it is 1,2 or 3 (private, mid, public), then the deformations would be more precise.

Test_1_projection on one part of the shell

Test_2_projection on the entire shell

Test_3_Thickening of the projected surfaces

I also began to look more closely at the work of Erwin Hauer. I chose on of his Designs, and began to analyze it to see how he achieved polar conditions within a cube. This inturn helped me see how I would pushforward my superblock.

After deforming the spheres, i thought it best to create one surface, that could be tessalated to create enclosures. This is the first module.

Since the smart surface is an autonomous unit that can be infinately aggregated, it is necissary for it to be structurally independent. Having said that, it will never exsist as a single unit, but a minimum domain must be set, to disseminate the principle of the continuous surface/mobius/utopia. Bearing that in mind, I have begun to look at more logical ways of connecting two units.

This module is based on the previous and two manners of aggregation are explored. The first is a basic stack, where the module is repeated horizontally and vertically. The second is similar but at each horizontal level there is a shift, thus the elevation is toggled.