project B:Open Source

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Open Source

Open source describes practices in production and development that promote free redistribution and access to the end product's source materials (source: wikipedia)

From the collaboration research we found out there is need to log all data concerning projects. So that new students and teachers can easily catch up on old and new developments from within the Hyperbody scene.

Collaboration will not only be the goal of our physical design, it is also present in the way the platform is constructed. We want the users of the platform to have influence in shaping the design. We will work with an open source system where all the research and information we gathered, in order to make this design, will be available for the future users of the platform. From this basis the platform can be changed according to future needs, like a change in functional requirements or if the scale of the design should change (different location).

Data-loss

A good reason to use an open source system is to counter loss of data. According to the Hyperbody teachers most students are constantly reinventing the wheel. Data about previous project is hard to come by, if possible. There are a lot of nice models within the Hyperbody studio, without any additional data to support its beauty. If we can somehow log all this data within an open source system, new students and staff members can use this information in their new designs, learning faster and actually bringing in new knowledge building on the older, logged, knowledge.

what aspects of open source will we use in our design?

Formats

In order to transcend data to the new users (new students for instance), we need to work with known, existing software. If we assume new students have little knowledge of for instance rhino or grasshopper, these models should be self explanatory. Also within time new software packages will be used and old ones will be rendered useless. This is why next to a self explanatory piece of script/software file, there should be a written explanation about every step in the process making each logged design.

Some software tools we will use for now are AutoCad, sketchup and Rhino models.

ProtoTAG

Sharing

connecting different design locations, sharing data and setting up a better and faster information network.