southfield MICHIGAN
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
benjamin BERR+natalie HADDAD+brent DEKRYGER:
The Initial design approach was to find an architectural solution utilizing multiple methods of digital fabrication to create a performative product.
Our goal was to reestablish an interactive social environment that has since been replaced by the newly implemented makeLab at Lawrence Technological University. The idea of a lounge area influenced our decision to design a bench that can accommodate the seating positions ranging from a reclining position into a sitting upright position. The design allows for the individual user to find their comfort zone. Thus, theBench is composed of interlocking concrete and plywood components created using a 3-axis CNC router.
sP: what or who influenced this project?
bB+nH+bD: Lisa Iwamoto, Office DA, The Very Many
sP: what were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
bB+nH+bD: The Darkness, Hall & Oates, Alien Ant Farm, and Zoolander
sP: whose work is currently on your radar?
bB+nH+bD: The Very Many, Renzo Piano, Belzberg, and Todd Williams
Additional Credits:
Advised by Jim Stevens
May 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Another contoured form. I will give it to you that it indeed looks good, especially if it’s your first time doing it. But look at how much material went into making that bench - a rib every few inches? And what about the waste generated - the excess plywood around the ribs and the interior cutouts? I’m only hard on it since I wonder if it was ever considered?
June 15th, 2011 at 11:42 am
^agreed, would be cool if the leftover plywood was thought out to equal another bench, with no waste. Interesting tho