Hoberman's Expandable Structures

I mentioned in my past post that I was going to study some of Charles Hoberman's works, which deal with transformative architecture. Below are a few images of the types of structures I am interested in.






Pretty complex stuff, but I made my first crack at it today by fabricating an oval shaped geodesic dome with the lasercutter. It does not expand, but it does represent the structure at one end of its transformation.




The next iteration will involve some joints and movement hopefully. Tomorrow is site reconnaissance day, so I will be trekking DC for most of the day. Hopefully I will decide on a final site.