Spread-Bundle Assembly

_______________Modulations Symposium, Rice University 2006

Design Team: Jud Moore + Michael Robinson

Concept_

As metal rods bend across geometrically located positions a differentiated material system unfolds capturing, organizing, and redirecting energy. This system explores the behaviors and potentials of accelerated and decelerated deflection in a modulated component assembly. Focusing on macro diameter steel threaded rods as the primary material for study, several assembly configurations were tested, each experimenting with the specifications of the component  parts, considering the relations between parametric definitions, aligned with geometric and topological logics, as well as construction processes. Moving from the development of a selected component, research and testing explored the proliferation of the system into larger, regional and global assemblies, further integrating and expanding on the systems articulation and response to various environmental conditions.