xCube
Title: xCube
Authors: Ebnöther, If / Grabfelder, Jörg / Jach, Anna / Jung, Jae
Hwan / Kapellos, Alexandre / Logara, Irena / Ribaudo, Michelangelo / Sommer,
Hanne / Sowa, Agnieszka / Wingerath, Detlef / Wirsing, Thomas / Yeh, Li-Hsuen
Abstract: After many communication breakdowns and linguistic misunderstandings
in the group of students, a concept for a pavilion which hosts an exhibition
about its genesis emerged: a computer generated and optimised structure. The
outer form is a simple, clear volume. A generator defines the inner volume,
subtracting it from the main structure, creating spaces, displays and tables
for the exhibition. An interactive light and surface concept displays the content
of the self-exhibiting prototype. All should be demountable and transportable.
Due to time, program and computational restrictions which emerged during the
project, the concept had to be simplified. The basic principle of the structure
remained, but the integration of light, outer skin and other “extras” became
non-essential decoration. The structure so became a technical, aesthetical
object with no scale: complex and reproduceable in many versions. The final
object is a wood-construction, whose joints are designed to be assembled without
any tools and to be produced on the school’s 3-axis CNC mill. Consequently,
the exhibit is a prototype of the structure and not a finished pavilion. It
is the result of the research of the CAAD 03/04 postgraduates students