Today at uni we had a very interesting Studio class!
In groups of 3 we were given a 2m x 2m piece of corrugated cardboard. With this cardboard, we were to construct a chair that was strong enough to handle someone sitting on it, so around 65-70kg.
Without glue or stickytape - only cuts, folds and slots.
The trick is to use triangulation or curvature (this cardboard = triangulation).
So 2 hours to design, evaluate, refine (measurements/sizes) and build! Awesome fun, and great to see a big variety of chairs were designed and made.
Ours was of the lounge/recliner variety, easily the best looking for style and simplicity. The construction behind it is very simple yet very strong!
Check out the pics below...
1) The Lounge 2) Nathan testing it 3) The calculated weakness 4) The varied range...
[ this design is copyrighted by us as students of Swinburne University ]
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