Nefaar
Thinking method for form-finding
"Nefaar" is the Sustainable and Vernacular structure in north of Iran, which has taken shape based on the climate, geography, cultural and social developments in this context.
Nefaar is a vernacular Timber - structure located in the north of Iran. The initial pattern of Nefaar has been defined as a Domino Diagram that can be examined in 2 kinds of functions (service-oriented, recreational) such as including security, religious, cultural, and social. functions shaped in Open and Closed space.
Nefaar has the potential to be programmed in its basic form, and as an intelligent structure, it can have the ability to be flexible, shaped, programmable and transformable on a micro scale up to a macro scale.
Our comprehension of mental concepts is based on objective concepts that are experienced by our body, or in other words, they are embodied. This research is an empirical and Practical methodology in developing a conceptual modeling of Nefaar as a type of vernacular structure and primary stable structure.
Our approach in this research has not been to redesign or propose a fixed pattern, but rather to use the diagram of this structure to produce a mental-physical game (Toy) for over 12 as a basis for thinking and generating unknown patterns. In Nefaar's Design, patterns are generated, not repeated.
Data regeneration through the unconscious mind can eliminate repetitive shaped structures and contribute to the design of a Diagram or Pattern structure.
In Nefaar's Design, patterns are generated, not repeated.
To develop this initial model, while maintaining the basic pattern as a diagram, based on a holistic strategy to provide a design method, Nefaar has been assumed as a conceptual model.
The "Nefaar" as a mental toy, is inspired by the Nefaar architecture Structure, which can be effective as a thinking basis for form finding.
In the design of the Nafaar toy, the focus has been on the main module and joint, which provides the users with the possibility of form-finding with an intelligent and flexible behavior.
Modules, in addition to forming the initial form, it can change the design of the game and create new patterns.
This kit consists of 20 wooden module (15 * 1 * 1) and 36 wooden screws (joint) along with a mock-up model of a cow.