OFFSET

cRITIC

Danielle Willems

TEAM

Shengnan Gao, Bohan Lang, Courtney Ward, Wei Wang, Jinyi Huang

PROJECT STATEMENT

The description of the edge condition is controlled through the interpretation of the solid edge, implied edge, and constructed edge. The assembly of a joint object is rendered through the solid, frame, and lines. Through this, the whole is constructed to be read as different conditions of the same object. This is done through the use of solid plaster structures that show the direct condition of the object, the dowels that use repetition and implied angles to complete the object, and the frame that show the wireframe of the object. Through all of these conditions, the edge condition is furthered through the continuous line, crossing each condition. This suggests the index of the corner condition into the edge condition. 

The construction of this object is done through simple joins and fabrication methods. Through the use of plywood and a clipboard, the majority of the structure is made. Beginning with the interior waffle slab structure, which is then wrapped in chipboard and coated with plaster paste. This allowed for the solid objects to be read as monolithic structures with defined features. The frame is constructed and held together through the use of carbon fiber material, this being baked within a heat lamp to gain its structural integrity. Finally, the pipes are suspended off of the solid frame through the use of wooden dowels and joints, this allows for the edges of the solid pieces to be read into the piped areas.