Bioarchitecture

This project is a spacial installation that illustrates an unusual interaction between biology and architecture. We were asked as part of a first-year architectural project to study one body movement through a series of stop-motion photos and diagrams, and translate it into a 3D duplicative unit using a maximum of 3 materials. This unit should have the ability to move similarly to the body organ we have chosen to study. The following step was to build a big structure of approximately 1.5*1.5*1.5 cubic meters using a duplication of the units, connect it from one side to the body organ that creates the movement and from the other side to any object in the space, with which an interesting interaction between body and space would be produced. My interpretation of the project illustrates an interaction between a movement produced by my legs and the ceiling of an elevator. The structure was made of a unit duplicated in different scales creating a smooth movement extended from my body. the installation included an element of surprise, since it was placed inside an elevator creating an interaction with the user of this small completely-enclosed space, squeezing it and changing its internal shape according to the movement of people inside.