formfound
formfound was an entry in the 2018 Street Seats: Urban Benches for Vibrant Cities competition. The objective of the competition was to provide a sustainable outdoor bench for Portland, OR. This project continued the physical investigations undertaken while developing the design proposal for Shells, etc. Fabric is pinned to the underside of a board and allowed to hang. Wet concrete is applied to the fabric. When the concrete cures the bench is flipped into its final configuration. While formfound was not realized at the full-scale, a small-scale model of the bench was exhibited at the Design Museum Portland (June 7, 2018 – August 31, 2018).
Competition entry (unrealized project), Portland, OR, USA, 2018
Exhibition Item
formfound bench model (2018), Street Seats: Urban Benches for Vibrant Cities, exhibited at the Design Museum Portland, Portland, OR (June 7, 2018 – August 31, 2018).
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Design Team
- Powell Draper and Lisa Ramsburg – schlaich bergermann partner
- Demi Fang – MIT
- Edward M. Segal – Segal Structures Group at Hofstra University
Segal Structures Group Members