Toronto Design Offsite 2016: 325 Church Street: STRATATONE

Society has become defined by webs of communication. Never before has a message been as widely distributed as has recently been allowed by modern technology. With this distribution comes distortion. A message becomes more abstracted the more people pass it along; an inevitable case of broken telephone. Stratatone replicates this concept. A pattern (the message) should be simple to repeat, yet as the commotion of those around it increases it becomes distorted; moving, growing, shrinking.

The project consists of two stepper motors per drawing surface. A base code runs the pattern which in a perfectly silent space would remain constant. As people traverse the surrounding area, noise peaks amplify the form and create a unique image over the course of time.

Continuing on the Sterilization Wall

With the components pretty much cut, the team continues to put them all together to make the project work.  The coordination with the biomedical engineering students ensured that the hardware worked with the fabricated components. From 3D printed components and the laser-cut acrylic armatures to the CNC-routed framework, the collaboration has proven to be quite an educational experience for all.

Sterilization Wall in Production

Here are some additional images of the team creating and preparing pieces for the Sterilization wall.  The Architectural Science students, Tiffany, Kenan, Nathaniel, and Stephanie all really stepped up the fabrication game to make some kinetic connections and hardware integration work out.