BioMorph
Project Description
Date: 2012
School: Harvard University GSD
Instructor: Chuck Hoberman
Team:
Juhun Lee
Patricia Correa
James Yamada
Our goal was to create a kinetically transformable constructor toy for a class project. Similar to the most popular constructor toy systems, ours is intended to maximize the variety of its possible arrangements while minimizing its complexity of use. However, unlike those systems in which kinetic transformation is isolated in an otherwise static assembly, our system’s transformability is intended to be global.
Snap ball-and-socket joints between scissors permit transformation across two localized perpendicular axes. Alternating repetition between two scissor types – one lined with balls and the other lined with sockets – permit seven out-of-plane connection types: four parallel and three perpendicular. The design process consisted of many permutations. It was the search for the right balance of simplicity of use, compositional flexibility, physical performance, and desirable aesthetic.
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School: Harvard University GSD
Instructor: Chuck Hoberman
Team:
Juhun Lee
Patricia Correa
James Yamada
Our goal was to create a kinetically transformable constructor toy for a class project. Similar to the most popular constructor toy systems, ours is intended to maximize the variety of its possible arrangements while minimizing its complexity of use. However, unlike those systems in which kinetic transformation is isolated in an otherwise static assembly, our system’s transformability is intended to be global.
Snap ball-and-socket joints between scissors permit transformation across two localized perpendicular axes. Alternating repetition between two scissor types – one lined with balls and the other lined with sockets – permit seven out-of-plane connection types: four parallel and three perpendicular. The design process consisted of many permutations. It was the search for the right balance of simplicity of use, compositional flexibility, physical performance, and desirable aesthetic.
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