Name: Paige Wagener Major: Architecture and Construction Management Minor: Business Year: 3rd Year Email: [email protected]
Parametric Mobility
The concept behind this project involved creating a versatile, personal, and developmental structure for the homeless community of Spokane. The design requires a parametric geometry which will bend and twist to meet the needs of its occupants. From one perspective, you can see the structure used as a covered home. However, the material can be re-shaped and altered throughout the course of a day if the client so desires. Additionally, the shelter is designed to provide community development to the city of Spokane. This means that, in tandem with it’s ascetic, the shelter allows for play, storage, marketing, lounging, and etcetera. These intentions provide beneficial opportunities for, not just a single client, but the whole community of Spokane. Grasshopper aided this project to create a structural network which artificially demonstrated magnetic fields to alter the shelter’s form and function. Furthermore, each of the modules inside this parametric mesh detaches and allows for residents to link up with others a create large shared spaces. Specifically designed pins and hinges allow this design to be stable and temporarily mounted to the city scape or landscaped environment. They also provide stability so that shelter can be transformed to a chair or table.