Spines

Sculpture; at MIT, 2019
Acquired by MIT Museum as permanent collection

Evolving from a simple tetrahedron, this object is designed to show various readings from different angles, luring the viewer to observe, touch and play. It is a geometric exploration of representing a hyperbolic paraboloid with straight lines and discritized planar surfaces. The “spine” is an edge condition where doubly curved surfaces collide into each other, investigated at three phases with different resolutions.

I. Surface

II. Discretization

III. Conceptual Detail of Joinery

Special thanks to instructor J Jih