Purple Rain
UCLA Spring 2007
Instructor: Heather Roberge
with Rosalio Arellanes and Tim Paulson
The work in this technology seminar aimed to create highly variable rainscreen systems through the use of tesselation, exploration of finishing techniques, and exploitation of the superplastic aluminum forming process. Our intervention modulated smoothness and depth by manipulating the linework of folds and edges, creating a seemingly random distribution with only two panel types. The muted, brushed angel hair finish of the aluminum panels highly contrasts the magenta substrate, which seemingly seeps of of the wall's apertures, creating a modulating depth. Intermittent discontinuities between panels produce a slanted directionality or flow across the field of panels.
Instructor: Heather Roberge
with Rosalio Arellanes and Tim Paulson
The work in this technology seminar aimed to create highly variable rainscreen systems through the use of tesselation, exploration of finishing techniques, and exploitation of the superplastic aluminum forming process. Our intervention modulated smoothness and depth by manipulating the linework of folds and edges, creating a seemingly random distribution with only two panel types. The muted, brushed angel hair finish of the aluminum panels highly contrasts the magenta substrate, which seemingly seeps of of the wall's apertures, creating a modulating depth. Intermittent discontinuities between panels produce a slanted directionality or flow across the field of panels.
