3dimconnection

threedimensional design - connection second semester lecturer - mareike roth adrian baranek, anestis dietrich becker

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threedimensional connection the task was, to develop a construction that can grow in all three dimensions of a room. this construction should be made out of two different elements. one had to be 3d-printed. the connection had to be innovativ, different and something new. finally, the elements had to be the joint themselves - integral not additive design. it should be an abstraction and not a product draft.

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the first step in the process was to research different types of connections, analyse and cluster them. joints can either be interlocking, force-fit, or adhesive we tried some ideas, from magnetic chainreactions to selfholding force-fit, but decided to go with a hydraulic joint. a pipe was built out of lasercuted plywood.

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we integrated a two chamber system into the pipe. each chamber was filled with a condom full of oil. the other element was constructed in solidworks and printed with a fdm-printer. if you want to connect both parts, you hold them close to each other and compress the chamber. because of the preassure, the condom will come out and shape a bubble. the diameter of the bubble is bigger, than the diameter of both holes of the elements and they stick together.