From CAD to reality

I think I developed a hate-love relationship with this assignment. Firstly, the aluminum plates we were given had a very peculiar characteristic: it’s very easy to bend however, I had to think twice before putting pressure. This is because the material is incredibly malleable, nevertheless it becomes fragile in the bent edges, so much that it can break.

I had to evaluate carefully, basing my design on what could happen to my product in the making of it. That’s why I started with complicated shapes and ended up doing a more sober and simple one. After trying out the different sketches I made with Rhino and the unroll option, the last one was the way that successfully survived and made it through.

My last model was presented to the assistants, who suggested making it more “crazy”. That is the reason for which I added to my final model some conic shapes.