Yiyuan Qian / 銭 漪遠 / セン イーエン
Computational Designer
DDL (Digital Design Lab), Nikken Sekkei Ltd. | 2020~
Education
M.Eng. Obuchi Lab, the University of Tokyo | 2018 - 2020
B.Arch. & M.Arch. Tsinghua University | 2012 - 2018
Contact
[email protected]
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Proprioception: a Parallelized Creative Construction Process
This research is conducted at Obuchi Lab, the University of Tokyo.
Collaborator: Alex Orsholits, Campbell Argenzio and Zhou Ke
Proprioception is the sense of awareness of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and allows humans to control their limbs without directly looking at them. Our project started by the desire to utilize this sense in a fabrication process.
papier-mâché
The goal is for every participant to construct units that will make up the lantern. For the creation of each of the units, we apply the papier-mâché process on balloons. It is easy for amateurs, it tolerates human mistakes, and it creates a light, strong and flexible structure.
master-slave game
Everyone’s movements are guided by one ‘master’ within the group. Units are constructed by responding to the vibrations on each participant’s arm. This input allows each user to approximately copy the position of the master, but there is a twist: the group master can change depending on who is most deviant.
stacking
Using the same system, all participants can also be guided towards the build area where they can place their respective units without external measurements. The wearable will vibrate when the user is out of range, allowing them to use intuition to place the unit where they please while being within the construction space.
lift-up
The build diameter changes with every level. The units are linked using paper maché as well. Once dry, the structure is stabilized and can be lifted as needed to attach the next layer.