SkinForm Project sees shape-shifting structure get its wiggle on
By Darren Murph 
posted June 6th 2008 9:31AM
posted June 6th 2008 9:31AM
posted June 6th 2008 9:31AM
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can hardly call that shape shifting O.o
All it does is wiggle :P
What a complete load of pseudo-intellectual bullshit.
Why don'y they go and spend the monet trying to develop something USEFUL, instead of dicking around with this pointless POS
I disagree completely, I've always wanted to live in a building that changes shape depending on my mood like
A PIRATE SHIP (swashbucklin')
AN IVORY TOWER (introverted)
A TREE (tranquil)
A BOUNCY CASTLE (kiddyfiddlin')
R2D2 (FTW)
I think this is a step in the right direction, unfortunately it just seems like a bouncy castle atm.. well I can't complain..
If it's anything like the balloon animal videos on their site, it will be pretty weak.
Wow...such hostility...
Did you guys fail to notice that this is ARCHITECTURE research? Just because they aren't trying to save lives or cure disease doesn't mean it's not worthwhile research.
Clearly you would rather all buildings be gray poured concrete rectangular prisms than some of the very interesting types that research such as this has developed over the centuries.
i dont want no wiggling house !
Makes drinking so much harder..
Unfortunately, drinking too much makes the house wiggle, anyway.
Thought drinking too much would make you pass out?;)
Lol
I get it now; the house counter-compensates for your wiggling so you can drink as much as you want and feel steady. Wow, I can't really do without it.
@ giuliop
rofl, it could be good indeed...
Or.... well the exact opposit could make it rather lethal I guesse
The most pointless videos I've ever seen linked to in an Engadget "Read" link.
As an architecture student myself I can appreciate the videos of their models (the "balloons") as well as their proposal renderings. They are shown to help understand the process of design.
I don't particularly lean towards designing this type of architecture but I can't help noticing the hard work that went into this project. Be careful how hard you critique research-type projects that you have nothing to do with.
And doubtless there was a lot of hard work went into planning the Third Reich...
Must have seemed a good idea to those involved in the planning at the time.
dervheid,
I suppose that argument might have been made by the Third Reich -- it does not, however, refute what I said. I see no moral issues in mapping the paths of people in groups or designing a space to react to them -- and I don't think that anyone else sees this as a moral problem either.
Who said anything about it being a moral issue, apart from you?
All I said was that IMHO, this is a waste of time, effort and money, that could have been better spent, maybe developing some low-cost, quick/easy build resilient housing for the third world / disaster relief. Maybe they COULD incorporate some of the ideas involved in this, but I seriously doubt it. Basic design tenets: Dry; Warm/cool; Safe.
You're in architecture, amaze me!
@ Derveid
Student: "hello UN, we designed some low-cost disater relief housing, do you want to thank us now or later"
Ban ki Moon: "get out, just get out, its been done a million times, by professionals n'less. Now if you could make my house react to my mood, that would be hot."
weak
Well if anyone needs me i'll be in my basement creating a weapon to stop these things.
Humanity can thank me later
Youur time iss done Primate!
(baldur's)
So apparently this thing transforms into a giant snake when people walk by it, turns into a serial killer when called upon and it is evil.
"intelligent pneumatic structure that transforms dynamically in response to socio-physical context."
Sounds like a penis to me.
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