Behavioural Complexity 2015-2017
HEXY
Studio Theodore Spyropoulos
Tutors Mostafa El-Sayed, Apostolos Despotidis
Team Yuan Yao (China), Yang Hong (China), Yuhan Li (China)
HEXY is a research project investigating the possibility of applying self-assembly unit system into residential House. The aim of the project is to provide an alternative solution for adaptive living in the near future when the unit agents are able to create organizations for architectural and human usage. ‘Geometry”, “Mobility”, “Flexibility”, and “Reconfiguration” are specifically explored in the research process. By integrating those aspects of the system, the project is able to introduce different unit and cluster behavior from low to high population, from simple to complex organizations. The project wants to visualize a dynamic architecture that the interior of the house is mobile and changeable instead of static.
On unit level, HEXY is a transformable hexagon geometry unit which can change from hexagon to rectangle, triangle, and more, showing the flexibility of a single unit through its multiple transformations. By using membrane material and distribute the control systems on the outer skin of the unit, HEXY is able to show a prototype of lightweight and transparency.
From single unit to higher population, the system is able to create different taxonomies of functional landscape as a combination of furniture, structures, and lighting systems. Each unit is inherent with the capability of transformation which enables the whole system to be either rigid or be soft and elastic so that the system is suitable for human usage and comfort. HEXY is also a self-aware and autonomous system which creates a responsive living environment between unit agent, human beings, and environment. HEXY proposes a new architecture that integrate space creation, autonomous awareness, and functional interchange.