Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Curtain Door



http://www.arplus.com/9855/ar-emerging-architecture-2009-winner-3-of-4-curtain-door-surat-india-by-matharoo-associates/


A design successfully incorporating a sinusoidal curve: "At 5.2m high and 1.7m wide, the door is comprised of 40 sections of 254mm-thick Burma teak. Each section is carved so that the door integrates 160 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight hidden within the single pivot."

Having begun to explore Grasshopper and the design opportunities inherent in the program, this door (though it may or may not have been designed using Grasshopper) points to design options which might incorporate that affect of transformation by rule set. Rather than simply stop the design at a certain point on the slider within the digital realm, users can adjust the "slider" - whatever that may become, pulleys or otherwise - to fit their own circumstances or moods in the physical world.

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