Project by: Bridge and Platige Image
Role: Parametric Design Lead
Designed by Platige Image and Bridge, BIOSTAGOG is an interactive sculpture that combines algorithmic design, 3D printing, video mapping and interaction. The installation has a complex, algorithmically generated form inspired by nature. The sculpture is designed to be a living organism which reacts to what’s happening in the lobby space.
The team developed a custom algorithm with Rhino Grasshopper which allowed them to design complex geometry fulfilling multiple criteria at once. The criteria range from aesthetics through video mapping and 3D printing requirements. 3D printing was used to build the installation because it provides high precision. Direct correspondence between physical realization and digital model was crucial for interactive mapping to work on such complex structures.
Desktop ZMorph printers based on the open-source RepRap project were used to produce the installation. The printers used FDM technology.
The installation begins to exhibit multiple behaviors when people are present in the lobby. They become an attractor for the projection which mirrors their silhouettes when they remain in front of it for a while. It warms up with light and color adding a very human touch to the workplace.
Manufacturing method: 3d Printing.
Design | Computational Design | Digital Fabrication | Biomimicry | Design Algorithms | Mass Personalisation | Manufacturing on Demand
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