How will our relationship to our built world change when 3d information is freely and easily acquired and processed? This project envisions a world where 3d scanning and printing is ubiquitous and allows us to reconfigure our refuse into valuable objects, or adapt outdated but sentimental objects into new contexts.
When manufacturing becomes de-institutionalized and de-centralized, the boundaries between what is considered an object and what is considered a material will become more fluid.
Using 3d scanning, modeling, and printing, combined with algorithmic design, this chair attempts to define what this future may be. The main parts of the chair were found by circumstance on the streets of Brooklyn. These parts were 3d scanned and assembled in digital space, after which connectors were algorithmically "grown" to bridge these disparate pieces together and form a solid chair. These bridges were 3d printed, after which these random chair parts were easily assembled into a whole.
How will our relationship to our built world change when 3d information is freely and easily acquired and processed?
When the institution of manufacturing and design becomes decentralized, the boundaries between what is considered an object and what is considered a material becomes more fluid.
Brooklyn is littered with discarded chairs. Instead of turning these into pure waste or even wood pulp, could new value be derived from their current form?
This project envisions a world where 3d scanning and printing is ubiquitous and allows us to reconfigure our refuse into valuable objects, or adapt outdated but sentimental objects into new contexts.
Using 3d scanning, modeling, and printing, combined with algorithmic design, this chair attempts to define what this future may be. The main parts of the chair were found by circumstance on the streets of Brooklyn. These parts were 3d scanned and assembled in digital space, after which connectors were generated using algorithms based on plant growth to bridge these disparate pieces together and form a solid chair. These bridges were 3d printed, after which these random chair parts were easily assembled into a whole.