Golden Ratio 201602

Schedule

Week 1:

Monday, 1 February, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• intro: welcome, learning goals, planning (teacher: Loe)

• goldenratio_competencies.pptx

• digital_fabrication.pptx

• theory: (a) coordinate systems (teacher: Loe)
• theory: (b) parameterized curves and conic sections (teacher: Loe)

• classic_curves.pptx

Thursday, 04 February, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• exercises: translate equations to processing (teacher: Loe)

Week 2:

Monday, 15 February, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• theory: (a) golden ratio and related numbers (teacher: Loe)

• golden_and_plastic_ratio.pptx

• theory: (b) spline theory (teacher: Loe)

• splines_theory.pptx

Thursday 18 February

• exercises: (a) find out about Van der Laan and program plastic number (students + Loe)
• exercises: (b) implement splines in processing (students + Loe)

Week 3:

Monday, 22 February, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• intermezzo: Pascal's triangle

• pascal.pde

• pascalPlus.pde

• theory: (a) spline theory continued (Bézier splines)
• theory: (b) symmetry theory (frieze patterns) (teacher: Loe)

• symmetry_frieze_patterns.pptx

• why_there_are_seven_types_of_frieze_patterns_by_aarts.pdf

Thursday, 25 February, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• exercises: implement Bézier spline
• exercises: design and implement Frieze pattern in Processing (students + Loe)

Week 4:

Monday, 29 February, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• intermezzo: is this really a golden ratio? (discussion)

• goldenRatioMythTester.zip

• theory: symmetry theory continued: wallpaper patterns (teacher: Loe)

• wallpaper_theory.pptx

• theory: matrix theory and 2D transformations (teacher: Loe)

• matrix_representations.pptx

• extra: Bridges paper by James Mai on Juan Gris

• bridges2012-283.pdf

Thursday, 3 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• data collection: heart beats, 3mins, option for data visualisation (students)

• FLOWERSBFBNEWEST2013.zip

• exercises: code matrices as class in Processing (students + Loe
• exercises: code wall-paper pattern with matrices (students + Loe)
• exercises: code wall-paper with built-in transforms (students + Loe)
• extra: Bridges paper by Francesco de Comité on Carioidal variations

• bridges2014-349.pdf

Week 5:

Monday, 7 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• theory: Heesch Kienzle tessellations and Oogway (teacher: Jun)

• TessellationsTheory.pptx

• http://alexandria.tue.nl/repository/freearticles/54736.pdf (In German, Heesch and Kienzle's book, campus or VPN only)

Thursday, 10 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• exercises: code three tessellations with Oogway (teachers: Jun and Loe)

Week 6:

Monday, 14 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• theory: algorithms (path, collision, growth, Voronoi) (teacher: Loe)

Thursday, 17 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• exercises: implement Malevich, Mondrian, or giraffe skin (teacher: Loe)
• instruction: laser cutter (teacher: Chet, to be confirmed)
• mini project: kick-off (teachers: Jun and Loe)

• LaserCutting.pdf

Week 7:

Monday, 21 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g

• theory: fractals and fractal dimension (teacher: loe)

Thursday, 24 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• exercises: design own fractal (teachers: Jun and Loe)
• mini project: progress meeting (teachers: Jun and Loe)

Week 8:

Monday, 28 March, TU/ closed

Thursday, 31 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g

• instruction: embroidery machine (teacher: Lilian, to be confirmed)
• mini project: progress meeting (teachers: Jun and Loe)

Examination week:

Dates to be communicated later

• mini project finals (design, implement, materialize, document, present, deliver)
• students receive preliminary feedback
• grading