I. Real World Application of design principles of origami
A. Perceptions of origami. 1. The ancient perception of origami as an art form. 2. The modern perception of origami as an art form and its use to solve authentic problems. B. Excerpts of Robert Lang’s video on the uses of origami. 1. The endless structures that origami can make. 2. The real problems origami can solve, such as the space telescope. C. Modular origami versus the traditional thought of origami. 1. Modular origami- where two or more sheets are folded together to create geometric objects. a. How to fold modular origami. Basic shapes http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-modular-6-pointed-star.html 2. Traditional origami- where one piece of paper is folded using not cuts or glue to create an object. a. How to fold an origami box. http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-box.html D. The Solar Sail - A spacecraft propelled by sunlight. 1. Scientist are creating a solar sail from folded from kapton to be put into space in 2014. The kapton will be folded and will open from the sunlight’s “power” to be thrusted into space and begin it’s exploration a. Green way of orbiting, collecting space debris, exploring space, and deorbiting satellites. 2. Discussion of how to fold our own solar sail and actually folding one. |
II. Modular Origami/ Buckminster
A. Introduction of geodesic dome. 1.. video on the geodesic dome and the founder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_DKeFfObI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active 2.. How the geodesic dome directly relates to origami (discussion). http://bfi.org/about-bucky/buckys-big-ideas/geodesic-domes B. Buckey’s invention represents nature’s design principles, much like origami symbolizes aspects of nature. 1. “I’m not trying to imitate nature, I’m trying to find the pencil she’s using” 2. “A problem looking for a solution” C. Synergy. a. Buckey invented the word; discuss its relationship to power, how it expresses power D. How to create a geodesic dome using paper. a. The video will be used as instruction. The entire video will not be used, just the pieces needs to instruct. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv01yWHo_1o&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active E. 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Call for Proposals http://bfi.org/2013_Call 1.Each year, the Buckminster Fuller Institute awards $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve one of humanity’s most pressing problems. This prize program is a call to the world’s artists, scientists, designers, architects, engineers, students, and entrepreneurs committed to playing a transformative role in addressing the biggest issues we face today. b.Authentic problem-solving, use the problems from the origami box to develop future solutions |