Giota Banioti+Katerina Inepologlou+JoseAl Guerrero

Giota Banioti+Katerina Inepologlou+JoseAl Guerrero

Giota Banioti+Katerina Inepologlou+JoseAl Guerrero

PROCESS

Description of projects: We decided to base our projects on a common material, Concrete. We used the concrete as a base material and then each of us introduced another element to bring light through the supposedly solid material. Francisco introduced fiber optics as the supplementary material that allowed for natural light to travel from one side of the brick to another. However, the specific focus wasn’t in direct transport of light but the distortion of it. Manuel introduced straws into his project that would play as light fibers that would extrude from the concrete forms, making them interactive as well as light manipulators. Matthew introduced Plastic pipes into his project that would make the brick lighter in the absence of material and also allowing for light to pass without obstruction. Jesus introduced fiber optics with LED’s, to introduce artificial light into concrete and have the concrete become a display of light.

The technology represents a process of interaction between ice and wax. The energy exchange between the two materials results the appearance of a new quality. Ice is melting, while wax is getting solid acquiring the shape of the ice.

The insert of the experiments was to be able to make wax structures of organic forms with the help of a support material that could later be extracted to return only the simple wax structures formed. For this purpose, we used ice as ice cylinders and icecles to test how wax would harden around these. The advantage of using ice as a support material is that not only does it quickly harden the wax but also, it melts naturally at room temperature and flows out to reveal the emergent wax formations.

For the red fibreglass paper both paint and fiberglass elements were added to the pulp. In this way both the colour as also the texture of the paper element were altered. The fiberglass elements that were included during the pouring and the pressing of the paper are multidirectional Their irregular appearance on the surface lend a playful aesthetic to the paper, while their elastic properties enhance the elasticity of the whole paper element.

The plastic mesh sample combines the inclusion of a plastic mesh in addition to the combination of variously colour pulp. The irregularly filled out sample boasts a textural variety due to it´s various inclusions which brings a surprising aesthetics. The colouring of paper samples has been brought to the next level with this combination of differently coloured pulp. Also,the irregularly filled up sample demonstrates how this technique can allow the included materials to become more dominant within the sample, appearing uncovered by the pulp.

A metal mesh was included in the metal paper sample. By pinning a sheet of metal mesh to the paper pressing board during the pouring and pressing of the paper, this metal was covered by the paper pulp, although it remained visible beneath it. In this way the metal mesh provided a pattern, which dominates the paper sample visually. The strength and ductility of the metal furthermore enhance this paper´s physical properties.

The thread paper sample was achieved by carefully placing cotton thread in the paper pulp during the pouring of the pulp.This technic of inclusion allows for great precision, making this the perfect inclusion if a highly controlled aesthetics is needed.The delicate cotton threads enhance the visual characteristics of the paper sample as well as adding a traditional texture to the sample.

Team : Diana Nitreanu , Mehran Haghbin, Carolina Libardi, Carolina Miro

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