Gyroid revolves around the mathematical minimal surface pattern discovered by Alan Schoen. Its geometry gives with minimal material usage maximum stability. We focused on mixing modern digital technologies with more traditional manufacturing techniques, in this case parametric modeling, additive manufacturing and plaster casting. This combination gives the resulting objects a familiar aesthetic that still bears marks of its digital origin.
The Gyroid structure was split into the smallest possible module, so we were able to cast it and built it up again into bigger structures. The molds were 3d-printed in a soft material to make it easier to extract the molded parts. The topography of the prints is nicely visible on the molds. We worked on different scales and settled on a 10x10x10cm module size, due to the printing capabilities of our 3d printer.
Jan Wertel
Images of the exhibition at the museum. The selection of the exhibited pieces was constantly shifting based on the most recent results of our work there.
