FORM STUDIES · OBJECT RESEARCH · 2016
From structure
to form
FORM AS A PROCES
An exploration of how natural structures can be translated into objects — through observation, reduction, layering and scale.
Rather than assigning function first, form becomes the starting point from which use can emerge.
01 — ORIGIN
Form begins with observation.
Structure, void, depth and repetition become material for transformation.
02 — REDUCTION
Complexity is reduced
to reveal what is essential.
Through drawing, structure becomes line. Line becomes proportion, rhythm and relation
03 — FORM
Volume emerges
through repetition
and layering.
01 / FRONT VIEW
02 / TRANSFORMATION
A structure of voids is translated into volume.
Repetition and layering allow form to shift without losing its identity.
04 — SCALE & RELATION
Form changes meaning
through its relationship
to body and space.
01 / Different scale, different experience.
02 / The same form, new spatial possibilities.
05 — MATERIAL / MAKING
Form is tested
through making.
Material and fabrication become part of the design process.
06 — THEN / NOW
The medium changed.
The way of thinking
remained.
Today, these principles continue within Spatial Studio BE —through proportion, material, light and the relationship between objects and architecture.
