NANOTECTONICA: TERRAFORMING
The concept of “Terraforming” comes out of a collaborative process, researching micro and nanoscale SEM images of both natural and artificial specimens. In studying the formal complexities found at the very small, quantum mechanic scale, we immediately recalled similarities we had previously seen and experienced at the macroscopic scale - Edward Burtynsky’s captivating aerial images, the syncronized movement in a herds of animals, all that Hubble telescope has captured. These zoomed in/out expressions of life, with their unexpected similarities, created a point of departure for our design thinking.
We recognize formal qualities are created by the chaos of nature, or rather the reaction of the environmental and external factors that surrounds it. We mapped these primary, dominant formal qualities in an image series, and then manually (and automatically) traced over each of their secondary, detailed qualities. From their, we used these findings to manually assemble multiple configurations of a “hybrid figure”. A system emerged, reminiscent of artisinal ceramic tile construction, that could expand continuously, connected through their inherent formal beginnings.
We recognize formal qualities are created by the chaos of nature, or rather the reaction of the environmental and external factors that surrounds it. We mapped these primary, dominant formal qualities in an image series, and then manually (and automatically) traced over each of their secondary, detailed qualities. From their, we used these findings to manually assemble multiple configurations of a “hybrid figure”. A system emerged, reminiscent of artisinal ceramic tile construction, that could expand continuously, connected through their inherent formal beginnings.
material studies for tile construction: red pigment, moss, blue pigment with mycelium
