Golden Ratio 201602
Schedule
Week 1:
Monday, 1 February, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g
- intro: welcome, learning goals, planning (teacher: Loe)
- theory: (a) coordinate systems (teacher: Loe)
- theory: (b) parameterized curves and conic sections (teacher: Loe)
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)
- theory: (b) spline theory (teacher: Loe)
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
- theory: (a) spline theory continued (Bézier splines)
- theory: (b) symmetry theory (frieze patterns) (teacher: Loe)
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)
- theory: symmetry theory continued: wallpaper patterns (teacher: Loe)
- theory: matrix theory and 2D transformations (teacher: Loe)
- extra: Bridges paper by James Mai on Juan Gris
Thursday, 3 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g
- data collection: heart beats, 3mins, option for data visualisation (students)
- 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
Week 5:
Monday, 7 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g
- theory: Heesch Kienzle tessellations and Oogway (teacher: Jun)
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
- intermezzo: two more artists (student Vivianne)
- intermezzo: heart rate variability visualised (Loe)
escherMaker.zip (tool for line capturing)
http://desis.id.tue.nl/tools/projection-mapping/ (tools for projection mapping by Jun)
- exercises: code three tessellations with Oogway (teachers: Jun and Loe)
Week 6:
Monday, 14 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g
- theory: Voronoi diagrams algorithms (teacher: Loe)
oogway.zip (Oogway for Processing 3)
Thursday, 17 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g
- mini project: kick-off (teachers: Jun and Loe)
- deadlines and rubrics (all)
- instruction: laser cutter (teacher: Chet)
- exercises: continue tessellations (teacher: Loe, Jun)
Logfiles.zip (data collection, thanks Vivianne)
Week 7:
Monday, 21 March, 8:45-10:30, LG0.10g
- theory: fractals and fractal dimension (teacher: loe)
fractals_part_two.pptx (large file)
DRAGON_FLOAT.zip (dragon curve fractal, Processing and Oogway)
DRAGON_TAJIMA.zip (dragon curve fractal, Processing and Stitchway)
Thursday, 24 March, 13:45-15:30, LG0.10g
- instruction: embroidery machine (special guest Lucia Van den Hoven, confirmed)
- optional: 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
- mini project: plenary presentation meeting (all, guests welcome)
- students receive preliminary feedback
Examination week:
Deadline April 15, 2016
- mini project reports (design, implementation, code, math, equations, materialization, hi-res photos documentation, reflection)
- grading (within 15 working days)