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The 'Curi Tulang' bench that is not so curi tulang afterall...

The bench is almost done!!


Thanks to my group members and an additional help from Harshil, the bench has been nearly completed with only left the repositioning of the bench into an upright position. Nonetheless, additional 3 meters of carpet will be ordered again to finish up the top part of the bench. So total length used for the carpet will be 83 meters long!

Challenges and difficulties

The group started making the bench during the study week and ended after the final presentation week. Total operational days of making the bench was 7 days. Hands-on making the bench wasn't easy at all. It seems like the sketch model that we made couldn't really provide the accurate measurements to make the bench as the actual material of the bench is different from the material we used for our sketch model.

Problems start to occur ever since we started the bench but somehow we manage to face it and solve it till the end. After all, what is design - making without having problems to face? Below are the main problems we faced and problem solving solutions done to overcome them.

1. 80 meters of carpets were really heavy which makes us harder to move the carpets around for measurements and cutting of carpets
Problem solved - 80 meters of carpet were cut into several sections and rolled into bundles so that its easier to drag them around and install them.

2. The carpet materials were predicted to be insufficient.
Problem solved - Several parts of the design were least of least functional usage and doesn't require heavy usage of carpet. The top part of the design was meant for a covering and not for seating. The top part of the design uses smaller foldings which help save material. It also help decrease the weight acted from the top part of the design so that the steel rods wouldn't brake.

3. 2 steel rods actually break in the process of making! The problem was due to the poor wielding of steel rods back in the factory. We called the owner but he couldn't help us if the steel rods weren't send back to his factory.
Problem solved - Each broken steel rods were clamped with 2 large 10mm U - clamps to join them back.

4.The shape of the design was too dynamic. Not all the MDF boards could fit into the steel rods. At the measuring stage, we tested to fit in all the boards into the steel rods to see how the shape goes but as we know that the curvature of the design obstruct us from doing so.
Problem solved - The MDF boards were sent back to the timber factory several times to specially customize and cut them to fit in the steel rods. Using attachment and detachment method, the boards can be easily detach and fit into the steel rods without having to fit through the tip of the steel rods. Screws were used to tighten the attachment of the boards. ( see visuals for clearer image)

5. After inserting the MDF boards into the design. The boards create large openings which can be seen from the side.
Problem solved - The side of the carpet where the boards were laid were sewed with needles and thread to cover the obvious.

The 'Making' stages:

Day 1 - Transport materials and equipments to Publika studio
Day 2 - Fixing the boards to steel rods to see the shape of design
Day 3 - Measuring the carpet according to stages and poke holes into it
Day 4 - Measuring the carpet according to stages and poke holes into it
Day 5 - Fixing the carpet into steel rods, measuring the carpets and placing the MDF boards into design
Day 6 - Fixing the carpet into steel rods, measuring the carpet and placing the MDF boards into design
Day 7 - Fixing the carpet into steel rods and measuring the carpets

The next step
The next step will be tilting the bench into upright position and fit in the last 3m piece of carpet into the design. Currently, discussing with Publika on how to manage the bench as the bench is very heavy and requires a lot of manpower.

Pictures

Testing out the shape of the bench

Measure approximately the distance needed for every foldings by indicating the value on masking tapes
Using T square to align the other side of the measurement

Look at all the tape used for the bench!

Measuring the length of folding and the placement of holes



Draft paper that has the measurements in cm

Items used on the making of bench (notice Chatime is one of it ;) )

A tough start to insert the carpet into the steel rods

MDF boards were specially cut to insert the steel rods

Look at all the pain we put through...

Sweeping is very fundamental..

After the bench is almost done, its time to take out the tapes on the bench

The side of the carpet were sewn to hide the boards from people's view

Wala!

Curi Tulang Group by:
Kian Min, Jackyin, Ash

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Growth...In Taylors University





The bench is in the Taylors Uni already.Above are some pictures that we taken.The bench can be move and put in different position(as in picture) for users need and experience the different sitting way.It is somehow like the lego for me...XD.Juz feel free to go to carpenter workshop there have a look..Joe Yee's bench is there also. By Wilse,Joon Hong and Feridson
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Upfdate:Growth-by Wilse Lam Chin Siang.Lee Joon Hong, Feridson





Above are the photos of the bench.The bench is almost done, left finishes and some touch up.We will send the bench to Publika at this Friday together with Joe Yee's bench.thank you
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Update: In-Ex---Complete!


 In-Ex by JoeYee, Bikram, Harshil

Below and on the left are some photos of the final product, tested to be stable. As for the finishes, no finishes is applied as the cost for finishes is quite high. Finishes will be applied if requested by the client during submission day, if the client wants to buy it that is..

Transportation to publika on friday (2th Dec) have been arranged, together with Growth.


Some progress photos

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Updates, housekeeping.

Kids,The evaluation sheets provide deep insight into your processes. It is an automatically created journal/reflective write-up. Each student has to deconstruct their time throughout the semester and decipher their thoughts on it. Critically, ask yourselves, what would you have done differently?-The best universities around the world preach the design journal, and so should you. So please submit them. Origami did a brochure alongside,...
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Feedback from Client

Hi gang,When replying emails on budget, please click REPLY ALL so that I don’t have to track 5 different threads of emails to get an update, terima kasih.1. Bencth – RM20002. Origami – RM43003. Curi Tulang – RM40003 out of 5 groups have exhausted RM10,300 of the RM11,300.00 allocated for cost.You will have to dig into the total RM4000 artist fee to make up for marked increase in cost.We will not be absorbing anymore budget overruns....
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Suppose Design Office

Benchtrawlers,Please be aware, a superb young Japanese architect is in town speaking tonight at UCSI Cheras. One of our favorites, and he makes furniture too if I am not mistaken.http://www.pam.org.my/events/events2011/111123_Makoto_Tanijiri_KL.pdfSee you guys there....
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Story of the origami bench






Well, we decided to made the final bench evaluation into a fold-able brochure. Story on the front, folding layout on the back.
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BEN[+]CH Revamped ! 20/11/2011

Dear all,
As promised, we are back!
Photos communicate better than words so...yea. i shall let the photos do the rest of the explanations.

Final touch ups before delivery(8.30am)



Arrival(11.00am)




Arrival of clients(11.10am)

Last but not least, a group photo with the clients =)
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