Though this expect like some sort of insane mushroom growth , it ’s in reality special , die - cut composition board landing strip put together by the Ball - Nogues Studio for an induction at Rice University . The artists create a digital mockup of the conformation they wanted , tell 20,000 funnies of cardboard cold shoulder to the gross prefab size , and put the whole thing together in four days . It ’s strong enough for people to stand on . Want to see more of it ?
Say the artists :
The fabrication processes used to make the raw brown surfaces are in the lineage of those Gehry utilise in his fabled “ Easy Edges ” line of article of furniture in the 1970 ’s . Expanding on this knowledge enable us to make architecturally scaled cardboard social organization and inclose double curvature . We used the properties and restriction of the material – determined through establish full scaled mock - ups during maturation meld with a parametric digital interface – to shape the composition board “ laurel wreath . ” The project required laminating over 20,000 strips ( weighing approximately eight tons ) of curved , industrially die - cut corrugate composition board in twelve Clarence Day . implausibly strong and capable of support the weight of several people , the cardboard laminates operate as semi - monocoques with an intermediary plywood armature .
Here ’s what it looks like underneath , where you’re able to see the plywood armature .
And here ’s a kid run around on top of it .
Rice Canyon[Ball - Nogues Studio ]
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