GAUDI Stool & GAUDI Chair
GAUDI Stool & GAUDI Chair
Material: Karbon-Komposit, Polyamid, Laser gesintert
Gewicht: 1 kg
Tragkraft: 90 kg
| Utrecht 2009
LIMITIERTE EDITIONEN, von beiden nur 12 Stück
GAUDI STOOL
The shape of Gaudi Stool was definded by the way Antoni Gaudi designed the structure of his churches. By making a model out of hanging chains, and so let gravitity determing the strongest shape for taking forces.
A thin shell made of carbon fiber deals with the compressive forces. There is a beam-grid substructure which resists bending on the shell. The substructure was made using rapid prototyping techniques, to achive the required complexity. The rapid-prorotyped structure was then used as a mold for the carbon fiber laminates. The combining of these two high-tech techniques decreased costst of both of them, and made them applicate as a functional product.
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GAUDI CHAIR
The Gaudi Chair is the follow-up of the Gaudi Stool which was created in 2009.
It was designed using the same method as Antoni Gaudi, who made models of hanging chains, which upside-down showed him the strongest shape for his churches. Additionally, to be able to determine the structure of the chair's backrest, a software script was used.
The script was based on three steps: First the distribution of forces across the surface of the chair. Secondly the direction of forces defined the direction of the ribs. Finally the amount of force specified the height of a rib.
Materials and techniques were chosen to create a lightweight chair. The surface is of carbonfiber, the ribs are made of glass-filled nylon, by selective laser sintering.
The project researches how new technoloqy can be based on simple, logical concepts. In this case a concept which has proven it's strength and beauty for over a hundred years.
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When a chain hangs in between two supports, it will follow a line defined by gravity. «