Esquisse Four - Understanding Form

Learning about structure, material and weight.

Aim:
To work in pairs to create a 1:1 'seat' using cardboard which uses minimal material effectively to create a structure that will support the weight of one person.

Outcome:
Kayo and I started off by using sketch to brainstorm some initial ideas for the form of our chair. We wanted a clean and simple design and after a few ideas, we came to a solution which we were both happy with. It uses the basic slot system comprising of 4 separate pieces. We started off making a tiny 1:6 paper model which allowed us to figure out the exact dimension of each net piece which proved quite helpful.


After that we decided to make a 1: model to test that it would work at a more life-size scale and see how it looked in cardboard form.

Kayo testing the strength of the 1:4 scale model.

We were finally ready to construct the 1:1 scale model. The main challenge in this esquisse was that we were limited to the amount of cardboard we had to use because we were asked to source our own materials for this project. So, by using a large tv box, we managed to successfully build a 1:1 chair which we were quite proud of, (give or take a few cuts along the way!).

Kayo's dog testing out our 1:1 chair with the teddy on the 1:4 scale model.