A new type of pattern for aggregating bicycle frames allows for more adaptability.
Continue readingPHYSICAL STUDIES
Cluster 3: Connector System for Detergent-Bottle Nodes and PVC Pipes
In this study, we explore how to create a simple connection system between the detergent-bottle nodes and PVC pipes. The aim is to develop a connector system that:
- uses as few components as possible,
- can be assembled and disassembled without tools or skills,
- performs well under tension and compression,
- and reuses an existing element of the bottle (the cap).
CLUSTER 2: The Detergent Bottle as Building Block: From Geometry to Pattern to Surface Structure
In this part of our ongoing exploration into how detergent bottles can become building blocks, we return to the idea of designing the shape of the bottle. Not by changing the form in complex ways, but by applying what we’ve learned from space-filling geometry.
Instead of completely transforming the bottle, we focused on minimal modifications, while making it suitable for a second life as a modular element.
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.
Continue readingCluster 1: demonstrator
After mainly digital work, we fabricated a physical sample of a bike-frame construction.
Continue readingCluster 1: 3D-scanning
Digitizing the first collection of bike frames.
Continue readingCluster 1 : Educational Construction Toy
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…
