Spines
Academic | MIT, Instructor Jeremy Jih, 2019Acquired by MIT Museum as permanent collection
This project is an exploration in the geometric discipline, as in how to portray hyperbolic paraboloid through straight lines and discritised planar surfaces. I am particularly interested in the “spine” condition of the doubly curved surface, where surfaces collide into each other. It is investigated at three phases (Surface, Discretization and Joinery) with different levels of details that resolve the edge and corner conditions with delicacy. This object, originally evolved from a simple tetrahedron, is deliberately designed to be confusing as it enables contrast readings from different angles, therefore invites the viewer to touch, rotate and investigate.
I. Surface
I.IV Joined Spines
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I.I prototype
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I.II the Gestalt
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I.III Collision
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I.IV Joined Spines



II. Discretisation






III. Conceptual Detail of Joinery
