Monday, February 06, 2006
RESEARCH PROPOSAL: BILL+DIANA
2.0 Research Topic Proposal
We intend to focus our research on physically amplified output. The following example of responsive kinetic architecture is achieved with much expense and effort. It’s effects are largely imagistic, in that it operates as a three-dimensional billboard. Because of the nature of its mechanisms and construction, it cannot bear any load on any of its surfaces, rendering it decorative rather than architectural.
Beyond imagistic effects, Team Arbizu+Martinez aspires to a truly integrated and functional architectural module.
One potential application is a wall section that responds to the transient needs of subway commuters. These spaces are subject to various states of congestion and speed. This program in a state of constant flux requires an architecture of extreme flexibility. We seek an architecture that can both dodge mad commuters and offer weary travelers a state of repose.
Potential Advisors:
Fidel Arbizu Jr. – Electrical Engineer
Columbia University Mechanical Engineering Department
Fred Blumlein – Industrial Designer
First Experiment and Prototype
Design and test mechanical systems that will amplify the distance that the flexinol wire moves.
2.0 Research Topic Proposal
We intend to focus our research on physically amplified output. The following example of responsive kinetic architecture is achieved with much expense and effort. It’s effects are largely imagistic, in that it operates as a three-dimensional billboard. Because of the nature of its mechanisms and construction, it cannot bear any load on any of its surfaces, rendering it decorative rather than architectural.
Beyond imagistic effects, Team Arbizu+Martinez aspires to a truly integrated and functional architectural module.
One potential application is a wall section that responds to the transient needs of subway commuters. These spaces are subject to various states of congestion and speed. This program in a state of constant flux requires an architecture of extreme flexibility. We seek an architecture that can both dodge mad commuters and offer weary travelers a state of repose.
Potential Advisors:
Fidel Arbizu Jr. – Electrical Engineer
Columbia University Mechanical Engineering Department
Fred Blumlein – Industrial Designer
First Experiment and Prototype
Design and test mechanical systems that will amplify the distance that the flexinol wire moves.
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