Author Archives: Akhil Kapadia

Joints for eqilibrium

We part from the idea of recreating a structure that can move and stay in equilibrium as easily and as gracefully as a Calder Structure. These sculptures allow for a great deal of movement, and work perfectly in equilibrium, continuously stabilizing itself. We devised a joint that allowed us to take the Calder system a [...]

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Contouring valchromat

valchromat blog3

The concept behind the project was to exploit the 3 layer property of the valchromat panel, as well as to understand the tools being given and achieve an effect using the tool to our advantage.  We wanted to do something which would take a lot of time to model in rhino but because of the [...]

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Caterpillar lamp

Lamp blog4

The idea of this assignment was to use paper with the techniques of cutting/folding using laser cutting technology to create a lamp that was unique in its form and exhibited an innovative use of the laser cutting machine. We used an origami technique to create a folding pattern that was flexible but at the same [...]

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