Architecture Foundations I

Clemson University, Fall 2015

Professor Joesph Choma

The project objective is finding structure and architectural elements within nature. Nature’s Behavior is inspired by the bark on a dogwood tree. Folded plate structures are a staple in foundational architecture techniques. My interest sparked from a photo I captured of bark on a tree of interlocking patterns with sinusoidal lines. Next, I created an abstract drawing of the pattern. I then devised a way to represent the pattern through folding paper. I chose to fold several sized interlocking prisms to create a 3 dimensional representation of the inspiration.