DESIGN NAME: Parametric Paper
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Spatial Divider
INSPIRATION: The inspiration was to create an spatial parametric shape that responds to the conditions of an interior space. A spatial divider that could fit minimum two visitors inside it.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Parametric Paper is a hanging spatial object which becomes wearable, offering observers the chance to venture inside and capture their surroundings through variety of different new lens. The 400+ apertures are unique in shape and size.The computational and generative nature of the design allow it to be adapted to respond to the conditions of any indoor space.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Parametric Paper is an interactive installation that responds to light and creates hundreds of different hexagon shadows. It attracts visitors by more than 400 unique and diverse range of 3 dimensional hexagons. It offers adults and kids a chance to venture inside and observe their surroundings from various angles and frames.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: This project started in January 2015 in New York and finished in May 2015, and was exhibited in Pratt Institute in May 2015.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: This project introduces paper as a basic, accessible, green and light material within an unexpected design. The overall form is achieved through an algorithmic simulation of tensile fabric, and then populated with the hexagonal shapes. The sizes and dimensions of the individual units respond to different views of the surroundings with the use of distance driven attractor points. The shapes were unrolled, numbered, nested, and laser cut from Bristol Board. The plywood compression ring that the units hang from was built using a CNC mill.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Width 700 mm x Depth 1600 mm x Height 2100 mm
TAGS: Installation, Parametric, Grasshopper, Digital Fabrication, Art, Divider, Lasercutter, Computational Design, Pepakura, CNC
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: These days the related software and similar applications are majorly used in the fields of engineering and architecture but less introduced to the art and design field. The aim of this project was to explore the limits of design with similar applications and to visualize the diversity of human visions by a parametric design software.
CHALLENGE: The most significant challenges were parametrically resolving fabrication issues with real world constraints regarding production tools, materials, space, cost, and labor time. Time of installation was 35 hours. Although the process is quite complex, the interactive aspect is what truly attracts people.
ADDED DATE: 2017-06-29 14:08:45
TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Dillon Hanratty, Esin Ekincioğlu, Shiva Pouryousef Khameneh and Heng Li
IMAGE CREDITS: Dillon Hanratty, Shiva pouryousef, 2017.
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