Airwebs

Lok Hang Cheung, Zhe Zhang, Yiyun Liang, Juan Carlos Dall’Asta, Giancarlo Di Marco, Emanuela Corti, Ivan Parati
April. 2023
2023年4月
Interdisciplinary Art Installation
跨学科艺术装置
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In traditional architectural design, there is often an irreconcilable tension between natural growth patterns and human creativity. This “conflict” manifests in the challenge of finding a resonance between the diverse structures of nature’s plants and the intricate design of spider webs.

Our team digitally synthesizes distinctly shaped plants into models and then employs artificial intelligence as a “spider architect” to weave 15 unique spider webs on these models. By integrating these webs into a complex spatial system constructed from suspended acrylic panels, we organically blend natural elements with human imagination, thereby resolving the tension between conventional design and natural ecology.

This project aims to blend biology, design, and art to create spatial structural air webs that transcend traditional artistic mediums, fostering creativity and ecological awareness. The objectives include identifying and cataloging plant structures, generating prototypes through 3D printing, integrating plant frames with spiders to create webs, analyzing and synthesizing web variations, developing 15 structural morphemes, and weaving them into an intricate spatial air web that reflects the connection between nature and artificial creation.

在传统建筑设计中,自然的生长规律与人类的创造力之间常常存在难以调和的张力。这种“冲突”体现在:如何让自然界植物的多样结构与蜘蛛网的精妙设计产生共鸣。

我们的团队将形态各异的植物数字化合成为模型,再借助人工智能充当“蜘蛛建筑师”,在这些模型上编织出 15 张独特的蛛网。通过将这些蛛网融入由悬挂亚克力板构成的复杂空间系统,我们把自然元素与人类想象有机地融合在一起,从而化解常规设计与自然生态之间的张力。

本项目旨在融合生物学、设计与艺术,创造超越传统艺术媒介的空间结构“空中之网”,激发创造力与生态意识。具体目标包括:识别并归类植物结构;通过 3D 打印生成原型;将植物框架与蜘蛛结合以生成蛛网;分析与综合蛛网的变化;发展出 15 个结构语素,并将它们编织成一张错综复杂的空间之网,以体现自然与人工创造之间的联系。