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bird block

soft sculpture

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©2024 entheogen design

Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Sculpture


photo credit: Damon Brewer
photo credit: Trevor Finney

Unrusted Render (Grasshopper to Blender)
Corten Render (Grasshopper -to Blender)
Onsite Corten Render (Rhino+Grasshopper -> Blender -> Photoshop)

inspiration: pomegranite fruit
inspiration: dogwood cherry
photo credit: Damon Brewer

emergence


We are excited to share our vision for a public sculpture for Virginia Tech’s new Innovation Campus in Alexandria, VA. We see the Innovation Campus as both a bridge between Blacksburg and the D.C. area, and as a central nexus, where students, researchers, and industry experts of many backgrounds converge to innovate computational knowledge.

We believe the concept of emergence — that individuals and their actions accumulate to create an unpredictable whole more than the sum of its parts — visually demonstrates the intersection of the industry partnerships and academic research happening at the Innovation Campus, and has inspired the computational parameters of the proposed sculpture: many simple cells that compose a complex nexus.

We would like to extend special thanks to Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, as well as David Baker, Ben Knapp, Rob Gonzales, Melissa Wyers, Holly Williams, Rude Graves, Damon Brewer, Mir Ahnaf Kabbya, Burkley Lyons, Nylah Desnoyer, Elena Ahwee-Marrah, Preston Aycock, Jackson Childers, Max Ofsa, Jack Davis, Clare Suess, Rodney Kimbangu, and Sasha Mkrtchyan.

We would especially like to thank Damon Brewer (BrewCrewStudio) and Rude Graves (Bird Block Studio) for their help with installation.

-braden perryman & Trevor Finney    


                    https://brewcrewstudio.org/about

https://www.instagram.com/birdblockstudio/

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project updates




           Project is complete!





Rude and braden at work - photo credit: Trevor Finney


Trevor explaining while Rude and Damon work - photo credit: braden perryman



Trevor and Rude working on the sculpture - photo credit: braden perryman




Fabrication Updates

CNC Plasma Cut Panel
Bent Tabs on CNC Plasma Cut Panel
Assembly begins
Assembly nears completion
6-Sided cell nears completion
Completed 5-sided cell
Cells accumulate (internal view)
Cells accumulate (external view)


Initial Proposal and AR Experience


For an Augmented Reality experience of this sculpture, scan the above QR code or follow the link below:


The AR experience is 40mb, so we recommend you only enter the experience on a relatively new generation phone with available storage.
project render: hemisphere option


process




deltoidal hexecontahedron
chamfered dodecahedron

model could be half-fabricated to prevent tipping, rolling, or theft
signage indicates that climbing on the sculpture is not permitted

prior project: interstice





prior project: emanate




prior project: synthesis


parametric form generation



CNC fabrication and hand assembly



prototype for internal multipipe connector framework nexus, generated with grasshopper


prototype for internal multipipe connector framework nexus, generated with grasshopper