The main concept of this project was conservation. There were many example projects to choose from, but our group decided to develop a unit that locks into a gutter system of a house and turns running rainwater into mechanical energy by spinning a turbine and ultimately to electrical energy by powering an attached motor. The energy was then able to be stored in batteries and saved for later use.
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Spring Construction
22 Aug
Without getting too architectural with the language, the project was simply about making secure connections. We were told to go dumpster diving and find old recycled materials and break them down into connectable modules. The recycled material I chose were bed mattresses. I cut them down until I just had the spring bed, and then further cut apart each individual spring. I found that these spring connect beautifully in sheets by intertwining them in each other and produce a lot of gradient visual qualities.
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