FORM AND EXPIRIENCE
THE GLIDER
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The Form and Experience module was an exploration of how emotions, imagination, and character can shape spatial ideas. We began by reading a poem from Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol — a playful and nonsensical piece that was HIT AND MISS , challenging our usual ways of understanding.
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​My response started as a drawing — an attempt to translate the poem’s mood, character , and absurdity into visual form. From that, the process evolved into designing and crafting a prosthetic glider, built for a class performance. The glider became an extension of the body — both poetic and functional — capturing the spirit of flight, whimsy, and transformation.​This module taught me how form can emerge from experience, how stories can be embodied, and how performance can become part of the design language.
#Structural Considerations and Weight OptimizationThe final weight and volume of the glider must be optimized to achieve buoyancy while accommodating onboard systems. Calculations were conducted using the ideal gas law to determine helium content:
PV=nRTPV = nRTPV=nRTwhere:PPP = pressure (Pa)
,VVV = volume (m³),
nnn = number of moles of helium,R=8.31 J/mol\
cdotpKR = 8.31 ,
\text{J/mol·K}R=8.31J/mol\cdotpK (ideal gas constant),
TTT = temperature (K).v
(x,y)=f−1(u,d)=(6d+2u(u−2)2,12d(u−1)−12u3+52u2−52u(u−2)3),g(x,y)=(−24y+6x2−96x+648(x−6)2,24(y−12)(x+y−18)(x−6)3−12)(U,D). Then I find out that
(U,D)=f(g(f−1(u,d)))3d2+(22u−6u2−18)d+u(u−1)(u−2)(u−3)=0.a+b+c,a2+b2+c2,a3+b3+c3,a4+b4+c4f(1,1)=(0,2/11)v but
f−1(0,2/11)=(3/11,3/11).W x, y = P X = (-24*y + 6*x^2 - 96*x + 648) / (x-6)^2 Y = 24*(y-12)*(x + y - 18) / (x - 6)^3 - 12 return (X, Y)u, d = U x = (6*d + 2*u) / (u - 2)^2 y = (12*d*(u-1) - 12*u^3 + 52*u^2 - 52*u) / (u-2)^3 return (x, y) x, y = P u = 2*(y-x) / (y-2*x+12) d = 2*(x*y - 4*y - 2*x^2 +16*x) / (y - 2*x + 12)^2 return (u, d)