experiment is a somewhat standard part of the originative cognitive operation , but it usually ends with an “ a - ha ” present moment ; once you know what you need to make , the visitation and computer error part of the equating is dunzo . For architectAndrew Kudless , however , R&D is never over ; he often pushes his sculptured body of work so far it by chance ends up in a ten - foot broad pool of poultice on his studio apartment level .
Kudless found his Oakland - based studioMatsysback in 2004 , and has spent the last decade developing a wide-eyed range of mountains of young , bio - enliven production techniques that reverse the traditional approach to building . “ I ’m interested in how living systems relate to architecture , ” he tell Gizmodo . “ Architecture ordinarily follows a top - down design process — you have some type of genius approximation , then everything is relegated to that one idea . There ’s no consideration for how it might alter over sentence . ”
Kudless ’s work is a kind of geometrical adventurism , exploring the functional limits of the materials he works with , making them clamp , expansion slot , bolt , or hinge together in new ways .
The “ Seed ” project , for example , is a huge , bulbous , 3D - printed concrete ball inspired by the build of redwood seeds , snap together and built up from modular components like patterns in a spheric textile .
Or take the eccentric , ironically very alien results from a straight - forward geographic expedition of bollock shapes . ring “ SEAcraft Eggs , ” and produced by his bookman at theCalifornia College of the Artsin San Francisco , these show what can happen when carry material are strictly and systematically swapped out in fresh and unexpected formal combinations .
In all , an organic approach is key , with a twist ; instead of define out with a by - the - book design , Kudless show certain physical restraint with the assistance of algorithms and data processor pretending , then rent the materials do their thang , interacting in unexpected manner that lead in an unpredictable physical result .
The “ Chrysalis ( III ) ” lamp , for instance , is a big , weird , coiling coral signifier of glowing geometric cells made from newspaper - backed wood veneers , and the eruption of each individual cell — its size , its placement , its slant — could never have been imagine in advance . It ’s like living math , emitting Christ Within .
“ My work is not perfect , ” Kudless says . “ And I ’m not trying to get it perfect . I ’m much more concerned in own it speak for itself . ”
Check out some of his coolest stuff below .
Shellstar Pavilion(2012)
The catenary - alike undulation of this temporary pavilion in Hong Kong — seen here in photographs taken byDennis Lo — were formed by parametric molding , then put together by paw .
Zerofold Screen(2010 )
Material waste is a massive problem in the architecture and design manufacture — offcuts and seemingly useless flake are byproducts that often get tossed in the pursuit of a net product . Here , Kudless want to show the creative potential inherent in starting a project by instead debate a specific material ’s property .
These sheets of wood were CNC - mill in a variety of curvy material body , then fall in together to form a swervy , one - of - a - kind cover . depend ma , no wasteland !
P_Wall(2006)
Kudless has been developing his P series for yr . In this original embodiment , he first generated a monotonic approach pattern from a full point swarm . He then prepare up a horizontal model where each of these dots became the posture for a dowel , over which a sail of lycra was laid . sticking plaster slurry was poured in , which shifted , sagged , and formed this bulbous 3D installation .
P-Wall(2013)
This is the latest phylogenesis in Kudless ’s P - series . He used digital pretense models to approximate what the piece of work would look like , made rubber molds of the finished sticking plaster cast , then make up the thin shell panels in concrete atConcreteworks .
Spore Lamps(2013)
The laser - cut wood micro - veneer that make up this lamp series emit a vague incandescence from the privileged out , and their random orientation allow them to be hung or clustered on a floor or table in any kind of orientation — there ’s no “ right ” way to display these baby .
Sietch Nevada(2009)
A act of an anomaly among the other projection here for being strictly speculative — just some computer graphics and an idea — the eye - popping , what - on the nose - is - it “ Sietch Nevada ” undertaking was partly animate by Frank Herbert ’s scifi novelDune . render here by Nenad Katic , the polygonal underground metropolis treats architecture more as a system of conformation emerge from the ground , responding to the comportment ( or , more potential , absence ) of groundwater in the Nevada desert .
Opening pic of Shellstar Pavilion byDennis Lo
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