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Stacked Bones


A study of intersecting parametric design and ceramics, the work explores how the stacking of slip-cast ceramic elements pushed the constraints of the material when applied to digitally created parameters.






Slip-casting modular elements

The final structure is composed by the repeated stacking of a components that share the same form, fitted and locked together through rotating itself horizontally and vertically. Each element has four 'arms' that allow it to connect with adjacent arms, along with two 'clasps' (one between the top arms, and one on the back), which allow for a secondary structural chain.

Theoretically the joined pieces could be stacked infinitely in each direction. The design process focused on optimizing the shape of a single component that could function in all the necessary directions, with particular care looking at the joints.