- Choose one straight piece of copper wire from those provided.
- Use the two clamps provided to clamp to each end of your wire.
- With a clamp in each hand place the middle of your copper wire in a central location between the four spikes.
- Now using only two or three spikes wrap all of your copper wire around the metal spikes.
- When you are satisfied with your bent copper, carefully slide your form off of the metal spikes.
- Now take one of the clear plastic pieces of tubing provided and slide half of it on one of the ends of your copper wire.
- The uncapped end of your structure must be fitted into the plastic tubing of the person who has gone before you.
- If you are the first person to perform this task simply place your bent copper structure on the black foam platform that has been provided for you.
- The last person to perform this algorithm must attempt to attach their open plastic tubing to the only uncovered copper end, which was constructed by the first person to go.
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I was very happy with the success of both my machine as well as the final product, which the students created. My goal for the project was for the participants to construct a very unique and personal modular that would later be interlocked with the other modular’s to create a continuous form. The algorithm I set up for this project seemed to be well understood, because the students executed the process seamlessly. I do believe that if the students were allotted more time and were given more material to work with the end result could have been more dynamic.
What is compelling about this project is that there is a sense of infinity. I like the idea that the individual pieces are all unique but they all connected.
ReplyDeleteArchitecturally, this can be treated as circulation or HVAC system in the building. Circulation is all unique and the building can be designed to let the circulation system have a sense of infinity. HVAC can have the same quality also.