Looking Outward – 03

A computational project that inspires me is an architectural project done by Thilo Frank called EKKO. This project is located in Denmark and is a continuous walkway that consists of 200 wooden frames that incrementally change dimensions to create a long and contorted structure. The structure was computational in its design as the exterior shape was shaped by keyframes and the computer filling in the frames in between. The design also incorporates microphones within the wood to record and playback the sounds of the people walking through the structure. This type of work is done with parametric modeling in which the set of processes to create design is laid out by the person and the computer interprets it in many different ways. The artists’ sensibilities manifest themselves in the experience that one has inside the structure and the elaborate design the artist laid out in order to give the user a feeling of what the artist senses.

https://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/29/ekko-installation-by-thilo-frank/