Kirigami
Kirigami is distinct from origami in that it uses papercutting alongside mountain and valley folds. We began by testing how silicone stretches in response to a single slit.
Different types of curves and their resulting openings were evaluated basesd on area and states of equilibrium.
Using Kapton, we tested different arrays of the 3 initial curves.
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Using Mylar, we tested different arrays of the 3 initial curves and evaluated which were most successful.
In order to connect multiple triple petals together, we developed connections and tested them physically.
Shading Analysis
Using the Ladybug plugin in Grasshopper, we have ran shading a shading analysis on one kirigami sample at 3 different stretch factors: 20mm, 60mm, and 100mm. The output is a UDI (useful daylight illuminance) which is determined on a sensor grid. UDI is the percentage of occupied hours that illuminance falls between the specified minimum and maximum thresholds.
