zipsculpture_04

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On the occasion of Designers' Saturday 2010 in Langenthal we enriched the spatial potential of the Zipshape principle from bent to twisted geometries. We set up a parametric model that is able to construct a developable straight strip along any given spatial curve—just like the bending behavior of a straight paper strip that got manually twisted. The resulting «ZipSculpture» is a continuous, developable ribbon assembled from eight elements with 300 individual tooth geometries and a total length of almost 20 meters.

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concept and parametric model: schindlersalmerón
structural testing, digital fabrication: Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH–AHB, Biel
prototyping : RAPLAB, ETH Zürich

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Albums: ZipSculpture, 1:1
Location: BFH–AHB, Solothurnstrasse 102, Biel (Show Map)

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Comment by Christoph Schindler on December 8, 2010 at 8:48am: Hi Mårten—
Gravity plays a huge role in this scenario: The sculpture is hanging with nylon threads from the wooden beams crossing the ceiling. On a furniture scale, the elasticity of the material composition with the cork-wood-latex core is something very much appreciated—but on a «building» scale it is not really helpful. However, with those super small sections we used, I doubt it would have worked in solid wood without threads…