A new type of pattern for aggregating bicycle frames allows for more adaptability.
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Cluster 3: From Container to Connector
We’re returning to the detergent bottle — and to the techniques we explored earlier with pressed plastic panels in the Pearse structure. But this time, the goal is to preserve more of the bottle’s original shape while still transforming it into a structural element.
Continue readingCluster 3: Molding Experiments – recycled Plastic Panels
Recycling plastic into panels for Peter Pearce’s Curved Space structure presents several challenges, from understanding material properties to refining the molding process. Through this series of experiments, we explored different plastic types, tested different melting techniques to create saddle pentagon panels.
Continue readingCluster 3: Toy recreated- Curved Space Diamond Structure
We’ve recreated all five pieces of the Curved Space for 3D printing, transforming them into a toy. The goal was to explore the challenges and problems of the structure on a small scale in order to better understand what needs attention when scaling up.
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After mainly digital work, we fabricated a physical sample of a bike-frame construction.
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Another directive of this project is finding different ways to increase the accessibility to, and to spread the knowledge we aquire in the process of our research. Inventorics is located at the Institute of Art Science and Art Education after all.
While working on physical studies with 3d-printed bike-frames the idea to develop this into a toy construction kit evolved quite naturally…
Research Lab Set-up
Within the tradition and in continuation of the previous project, we have started to set up our new research lab at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
The first elements of the new infrastructure are large magnetic pin boards along the walls and a communal work and meeting table, all made exclusively from parts found around the university’s premises.
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