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Topography Chair

Location: Barcelona - Spain
Year: 2023
Type of Collaboration: Design, Computational Design, Robotic Milling, Diagrams
Type of Project: Furniture Design, Stacking Lamination, Robotic Milling
The aim of this workshop is to explore the combination of stack lamination and 5 axis robotic milling. It was explored three different furniture pieces and its digital simulations, the third one was selected due to the exploration of different angles of milling. The first proposal is a curved bench acts as a continuous sweeping body through the perimeter and floorplan of the cafe, this bench was split into sections of 50cm with vertical x-axis stacking arrangement, each module would be joined by a male and female connections. The cellular coffee table explores the mathematically informed assembly structure of a 3D voronoi. The body of the coffee table is made up of faceted cells that inform the overall body of the table. The third and chosen proposal makes use of simple forms that look as if they naturally sweep out from the wall. Consideration for the plywood stacking was done so as to create a typographic effect with the plywood layers. As the concept chosen for production we developed all aspects of the design as if it was actually going to be installed on site. The design element could be easily scalable and applied to multiple functions.
Proposal 1 - Strategy Milling for Proposed Part 1 Proposal 2 - Strategy Milling for Proposed Part 2 Proposal 3 - Strategy Proposal 3 - Joinery Proposal 3 - Stacking Lamination Orientation Proposal 3 - Workflow Nesting on Plywood Sheet Milling Stages Simulation Exploring another axis on Milling Process From Digital to Physical Adapting Design For Ergonomics
© Maria Luiza Torres, 2023.
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