RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORIGAMI AND INTERIOR DESIGN RELATED SPACES MANIPULATION

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Interior Design & Furniture, College of Applied Arts, Helwan University

Abstract

In an increasingly technological, informed and demanding society Architecture should be able to answer to its space requirements using materials and technological resources that today has at its service. The main concern of the architectural part is the form finding process which is inspired by Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Based on a simple technique, Origami gives birth to an astonishing formal richness and variability. Complex geometries are generated in an economic way to produce the masterpiece in the house and impress the environment. The research aims to develop thought interior designer about origami and new ideas for the efficient usage of the new shape. To give the idea of the variable kinds, types of origami and also how to invent it to the Interior design. To show that there are a space for the creativity and field of the unknown usage for the origami, as it just has been studied. This part of the work should be inspiring for the young Designers in order to reach the new goals. This research review new methods to generate rapidly complex folded plate structures that can be built with cross-laminated timber panels. Composition and dimensions of these panels as well as the possibility to mill them by Computer Numerically Controlled machines show a great potential for surface structures. In addition, there are suggestions how to reveal the potential in the domain of folded plate structures. An interdisciplinary team investigates architectural, structural and mathematical aspects of folded plate structures built from cross- laminated timber panels. The main concern of the architectural part is the form finding process, which is inspired by Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Based on a simple technique, Origami gives birth to an astonishing formal richness and variability. Complex geometries are generated in an economic way and we aim the increasing of the further usage of the origami shapes in interior design.

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