Branch
*the following project is a prototype designed during my time at Carnegie Mellon SoA
In collaboration with Paul Jung & Sarah Kang
Branch is a planter and space divider inspired by vines. It explores different modules that connect to one another and branch off to grow and divide space. This lateral growth mimics the way the vines weaves through the planter.
The structure is built out of three basic modules:
1. a node module
2. a straight connecting module
3. a curved connecting module.
The structure is essentially built in layers, alternating connecting and node modules as more and more layers are stacked onto one another. Out of the connecting layers, there are two plan arrangements. One of the arrangements is constructed mostly out of straight pieces, and the other is made out of mostly curved pieces. By shifting the node modules 30 degrees every time, the layers switch from curved to straight, so that the system would hold up, and all the pieces would connect. The variation between straight and curved layers was more or less random, and a height variation between layers was added to create a more clustered view around eye level.
