CYBER-PHYSICAL SPATIAL SCULPTURE
Buchheim Museum

The spatial sculpture addresses the socially relevant issue of the intersection of the physical and digital worlds. However, it undertakes this contextualisation in an unusual way. A tangible space is created from the programming of the material and thus encourages a physical confrontation with the cyber-physical systems that increasingly surround us. The result is a place of contemplation and reflection that simultaneously celebrates the scenic surroundings by framing views and thus questions the dialectic of the digital and the physical.

The spatial wooden structure raises the question of the assumed and actual form of a material. Existing conventions lead us to believe that wood materials are rod-shaped or plate-shaped. This corresponds with an overarching idea of orthogonal ordering systems that characterise our built environment. Ultimately, this is a fiction of geometric control, standardisation and plannability that characterises our industrialised world. New digital technologies make it possible to question this form of standardisation through a much more precise understanding of the material itself. This creates new perspectives for a respectful and sustainable use of energy and resources, for which the concept of material programming is symptomatic.

________________

PROJECT TEAM

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), University of Stuttgart
Prof. Achim Menges, Yasaman Tahouni, Dylan Wood