Bench Project Description

Using the Pentagon Memorial benches as a springboard for exploring the use of surface continuity in design, consider how an architectural surface might peel into a piece of furniture. First, build a wall (10’ x 10’ x 5”) on a flat slab (10’ x 10’ x 5”). Think of this initial construction as your canvas. Next, design a bench that peels away from the wall. The orientation, scale, and form of the bench is entirely up to you, though it should have enough flat surface area to accommodate 3 (average size) people sitting next to one another. Feel free to explore seemingly absurd cantilevers and/or strange twists. However, part of the bench should make contact with the slab in an effort to demonstrate how it could be supported. Unarticulated, unbridled blobs are not welcome. Use this assignment to showcase both your understanding of surface generation techniques, and your capacity to operate on surfaces and modify them based on your particular design sensibilities.