Starting from a study of material behaviour we designed a binary form containing both a rigid and elastic structure that interact with each other. Within this layered system the elastic structure acts as a skin over the composition of rigid units which define the individual spaces. The configuration of the structure is designed as a grid in which units can collapse or expand. The elastic surface then responds to these individual movements creating one fluid motion of the whole.
This changeable and adaptable structure allows for it to be imposed in multiple configurations dependent on the site or conditions. Here the structure has been applied to the MAXXI in Rome. There are two possibilities for its installation. In one case the structure is a tool for prototyping space. This provides the opportunity to manipulate the building system and observe how people react and then make changes accordingly. The alternative is to use the stimulus from the motion of the inhabitants to which the structure then responds. In this condition there is an instantaneous feedback loop where actions of the occupants alter the building which in turn alters the actions of the occupants allowing for increasing complexity which responds and reacts to behavioural patterns creating a kinetic spacial invasion.
Rome Visiting School, Architectural Association
Rome, Italy - 2013
programme directors: Lorenzo Vianello (Foster and Partners) and Arturo Tedeschi (A > T)
with Graziantonio Ceglie, Jinting Yang and Lu Meng Yue