Organic Movement Through Architectural Folding: jessica wilson

THE ART OF ARCHITECTURAL FOLDING IS A CONCISE WAY OF CREATING AND EXPERIENCING BOTH AN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACE. APPLYING A SET METHOD OF RULES AND VALUES HELPS TO CREATE A MORE DEFINED AND STRUCTURAL COMPONET.

THE FIRST PHASE OF MY DESIGN PROCESS CONSISTED OF FINDING AN ARFTIFACT THAT WOULD INFLUENECE MY TECHNIQUE OF FOLDING. THE ONE OBJECT THAT I WAS INSPIRED TO ABSTRACT FROM WAS THE LEAF OF AN ORCHID, FROM THERE I APPLIED THREE SET RULES SYMMETRY, REPETITION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF TESSELATION TO TRANSFORM MY DESIGN INTO A STRUCTURAL FORM

Expansion: Accomodating the Numbers by Linda Melendez

Project 2-Final Board

The second project was titled Parametric Correlations. The idea was to create a space inspired by the art of Origami. The first step was to create a rule for folding and explore the outcomes of that rule. In my case, my rule evolved into folding towards the center of a line on an 8”x8” paper. That rule evolved into accenting folds where they were naturally appearing when I twisted and turned the paper. After approximately 6 folds, the outcome can only be described as a structure with a perfectly squared top and wings coming out from it. These wings allow it to expand, which resulted in the idea of this space to be an expandable tent that can accommodate small or big sized groups of people.

Below are images of my final model.

In our new assignment we were to fold paper to create a space. But rather than making numerous folds I wanted to give justification to my folding actions. I wanted the users of my space to feel as if they were on a roller coaster. It was at this time that I realized a literal translation of a roller coaster would not be possible but I could achieve the effect visually. The inspiration for my idea was quantum mechanics and the idea for the form of my structure was the EPR Paradox, which is still considered quantum mechanics, but rather than being broad it is a part to the whole community of quantum mechanics. And I felt that my structure should service the community in which it surrounds, but not by being a shelter or sculpture, but being whatever the users perceive it as. I found it rather remarkable that something as plain as a piece of paper could make this amazing form.

Shelter :

iar201 finalboards

Kara Kooy + Lauren Reece

 

: A position or the state of being covered or protected. Center City Park provided a foundation for the development of our permanent sculpture. Sitting in the northeast corner of the original 1809 city plan, the landscape provided shelter for the grand homes that once occupied the land. Ultimately being reduced to a parking lot centuries later, the land was acquired to again become a place of shelter and recreation for the citizens of Greensboro. We wanted to collaborate on a sculpture for Center City Park that invited people to experience a symbiotic relationship between the art and the landscape. The sculpture was first realized in paper by using a basic principal: two folds. The seemingly simplistic design principal of the folds allowed the sculpture to accent the park and its surrounding design, without overwhelming it.

Weave and Tension Folding

Jasmine Jones

Weave and Tension Board 1-01

Weave and Tension board 1-02

Instead of folding by hand the material was allowed to form its self. Correlations based on the joints of my hand were used to create an intentional path based on rules. The first rule was that the surface must be a biaxial weave; the second tension must be applied. Like a point and line diagram once the points were plotted on the surface, wire was used to connect the points and develop a weave within a weave. At the end of this directional path, tension was applied through one single pull to make the model. Another inspiration to this project was the idea of waves in the water because they are very fluid in motion and when the model developed it also created its own fluid form.





[holism]

Abigail Buchanan

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Parametric and correlation were the two words that commenced this project. I began looking at different shapes and forms and exploring different ways units related to the whole. I was interested in how different parts related to one another, how parts were organized, and the mutual relationship individual parts shared with the whole. My three rules at the start of this project were to use triangles, repetition, and focus on how each unit related to the whole. I wanted to create a pattern that could be added to, subtracted from, and altered to create endless forms. Having to decide on a specific use for this project, I chose to create a tunnel that people could interact with and manipulate by compressing and pulling different triangular units to alter the whole. But that is not intended to be the complete function. It is intended to be interacted with and transformed into whatever the user can imagine.

Spinal Repetition: Design Through Folding

Kacie Leisure

Inspired by the spine, this structure utilizes key aspects involved in the spinal makeup. When abstracted, both the spine and this structure have the following characteristic: repetition, linear lines, direction, balance, unity, and units making up the whole. I began this process of design by making origami modules and experimenting with how they connected. This structure was designed to be in a park setting made of glass. The spine is extremely important to the human body, but it cant be seen from the outside. The translucency of the glass gives off a similar vibe and wouldn’t take away from the nature of the park.