Woody Bench was made as a proposal for the final project of the lecture 'Dijital Architectural Design Studio' in the master programme 'Architectural Design Computing'. The initial idea of forming the surface turned into a parametric bench within the topic 'parametric pavillion' of the final project. In this way the unfunctional field would have been more attractive in the courtyard of the Faculty of Architecture, I.T.U.
After the research phase on wood material and human ergonomy, several suggestions were designed with different detail solutions. Each design was a combined form of different ergonomic sitting, lying or leaning positions and these forms were generated by transforming the positions into each other and adjusting on the control points by means of rhino - grasshopper. With the designs improved until then, the unit cost of material and cnc cut was calculated from the related firms. This revealed that the main restricting criteria was the total cost which fits the limited budget. Then a new parameter was added to grasshopper file which shows approximate cost of material and cnc cut. And the design was resived repetitively until an appropriate cost was reached.
For the cnc cutter the necessary drawings of the latest design were prepared by rhinonest. Beech marine plywood plates were cut and labeled at the cnc atelier and brought to the atelier of the faculty for the other processes. Firstly the pieces were rubbed and varnished then neighbouring pieces were screwed to each other to form the sections. Finally the sections were put together with the help of the guide hole done in grasshopper.
All work was done in collaboration with Adrián Martínez Morcillo, Ayşegül Bayraktar, Candan Erim, Dilan Özkan, Erdal Kondakcı, Hasan Gökbora and Merve Taşpatlatan.
courtyard plan & view
design process
design process
ergonomy study
3d model
grasshopper definition
drawings and models
detail
construction process
photos after construction
Woody Bench
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Woody Bench

After the research phase on wood material and human ergonomy, several suggestions were designed with different detail solutions. Each design was Read More

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