DOMESTIC NATURES EXPLORES HOW NATURE CAN ENTER THE HOME THROUGH GEOMETRY RATHER THAN MATERIAL. WHILE FURNITURE INSPIRED BY NATURE OFTEN RELIES ON WOOD, STONE, OR OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS, THIS PROJECT LOOKS TO THE FORMS CREATED BY GROWTH, EROSION, AND TIME. BY CAPTURING NATURAL ARTIFACTS AND TRANSFORMING THEM INTO FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS, THE COLLECTION REIMAGINES NATURE AS A SOURCE OF SPATIAL LANGUAGE RATHER THAN A RESOURCE TO BE EXTRACTED.
EACH PIECE BEGINS WITH A NATURAL SPECIMEN THAT IS DIGITALLY CAPTURED USING A COMBINATION OF 3D SCANNING, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, OR GAUSSIAN SPLATTING, DEPENDING ON ITS SCALE AND COMPLEXITY. THE GEOMETRY IS THEN REFINED, RESCALED TO THE HUMAN BODY, AND FABRICATED THROUGH DIGITAL PROCESSES INCLUDING 3D PRINTING AND CNC MILLING. RATHER THAN REMOVING NATURE FROM ITS ENVIRONMENT TO BECOME MATERIAL, THE PROJECT BORROWS ITS GEOMETRY, TREATING NATURE AS A CO AUTHOR IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
DOMESTIC NATURES EXPLORES HOW NATURE CAN ENTER THE HOME THROUGH GEOMETRY RATHER THAN MATERIAL. WHILE FURNITURE INSPIRED BY NATURE OFTEN RELIES ON WOOD, STONE, OR OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS, THIS PROJECT LOOKS TO THE FORMS CREATED BY GROWTH, EROSION, AND TIME. BY CAPTURING NATURAL ARTIFACTS AND TRANSFORMING THEM INTO FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS, THE COLLECTION REIMAGINES NATURE AS A SOURCE OF SPATIAL LANGUAGE RATHER THAN A RESOURCE TO BE EXTRACTED.
EACH PIECE BEGINS WITH A NATURAL SPECIMEN THAT IS DIGITALLY CAPTURED USING A COMBINATION OF 3D SCANNING, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, OR GAUSSIAN SPLATTING, DEPENDING ON ITS SCALE AND COMPLEXITY. THE GEOMETRY IS THEN REFINED, RESCALED TO THE HUMAN BODY, AND FABRICATED THROUGH DIGITAL PROCESSES INCLUDING 3D PRINTING AND CNC MILLING. RATHER THAN REMOVING NATURE FROM ITS ENVIRONMENT TO BECOME MATERIAL, THE PROJECT BORROWS ITS GEOMETRY, TREATING NATURE AS A CO AUTHOR IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
