COMPOSITE SWARM

2013

CREDIT

Project Team: Roland Snooks, James Pazzi, Marc Gibson.

Fabrication Team: Michael Ferreyra, Dave Smith, Benjamin Verzijl, Tess O’Meara, Matthew Lochert, Jack Dowling, Steph Lancuba, Kelvin Chai, Desameddin Mohamed, Anastasiya Vituseevych, I Kio Kung, Kendra Reid, Min Ji Lee, Mercedes Mambort, Patrick Anglin, Nil Corominas Faja, Nathan Demoel.

The Composite Swarm installation is an architectural prototype exploring the relationship of robotic fabrication, composite materials and algorithmic design. The complexity of the form and the excess of ornament make the prototype structurally efficient and minimize the amount of material used.

The prototype is 2.5 meters tall, with a surface thickness of less than 1mm. A swarm algorithm based on the self-organizing behavior of ants was developed for the project to negotiate between and compresses surface, structure and ornament into a single irreducible form.

Composite Swarm

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