Very simple structure, but interesting unexpected transformation. Also the overall shape reminds you a traditional lantern shape, which can also be a interesting feature as a design. Bending can be an interesting aspect of thin plywood, to be applied as a main sensation of the structure/design.
However, I am not sure if this many plywood can be really bendable in such fashion in real life. t=6mm is not that soft, especially if it is combined as your design shows. I am afraid you may need quite a big amount of power, and also you are not showing how the compression force can be added (I would assume there is a tension cable vertically connecting top and bottom, and the cable will pull the ceiling down so the whole structure start to be squashed). Otherwise, the balance of simplicity and magnitude of deformation is really great. I would think if this idea and Naruki's "Sudare" idea can be somehow successfully combined, that may become an amazing structure with great flexibility.
The image you have shown reminds me a moment when gummy ball hit the floor and is quiet interesting.
But as Keisuke mentioned, it is hardly possible to bend sheets of 6mm plywood like you show in the rendering.Or is this vertical strip which seems like one continuous wood in the rendering is divided to some pieces with some bending mechanism? In that case, you need to explain more on how you would make the joinery and how you would lock its transformation.
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Very simple structure, but interesting unexpected transformation. Also the overall shape reminds you a traditional lantern shape, which can also be a interesting feature as a design. Bending can be an interesting aspect of thin plywood, to be applied as a main sensation of the structure/design.
However, I am not sure if this many plywood can be really bendable in such fashion in real life. t=6mm is not that soft, especially if it is combined as your design shows. I am afraid you may need quite a big amount of power, and also you are not showing how the compression force can be added (I would assume there is a tension cable vertically connecting top and bottom, and the cable will pull the ceiling down so the whole structure start to be squashed). Otherwise, the balance of simplicity and magnitude of deformation is really great. I would think if this idea and Naruki's "Sudare" idea can be somehow successfully combined, that may become an amazing structure with great flexibility.
The image you have shown reminds me a moment when gummy ball hit the floor and is quiet interesting.
But as Keisuke mentioned, it is hardly possible to bend sheets of 6mm plywood like you show in the rendering.Or is this vertical strip which seems like one continuous wood in the rendering is divided to some pieces with some bending mechanism? In that case, you need to explain more on how you would make the joinery and how you would lock its transformation.
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