Mobius Ring
2019, Pratt Institute
This project attempts to create a shelter for toddlers, which establish by a Mobius strip created from Grasshopper and a physical simulator plug-in Kangaroo. Mobius stripe is a one-sided nonorientable surface obtained by cutting a closed band into a single piece, giving one of the two ends thus produced a half twist and then reattaching the two ends. The stripe is composed of meshes, which means the surface of stripe, all made by triangular planer surface, assists team members planarize and construct the structure efficiently. Kangaroo further plays the role of controlling the level of inflating through its physical simulating solvers; by doing so, a tunnel is created below the part which touched the ground. The simplistic but unusual mathematic form of Mobius stripe endows intriguing values on this project, including using a single type of panel and unit but build two patterns by flipping the back and front of this playful surface. Also, Mobius stripe presents a dynamic, undulated character to this installation, inviting its young guests to worm their way into the rabbit hole.
