Greetings!
The NJIT Industrial Design class of 2012 is on a quest to revolutionize the world but we need YOUR help! Throughout the Spring ’10 semesters the students have designed parametric smart modules and now we have an amazing opportunity to display them in the NOUS Gallery during the London Festival of Architecture running June 19 - July 4th.Our mission is to raise $20,000 so that ten of our students are able to buy materials, produce their modules, and afford to ship them to the Nous Gallery in London. Modules will be made out of poster board, foam, resin, or plaster. Here are some of the projects we worked on.
Evo Phizz by Philip Caleja
Evo Phizz was based on a modular origami called the phizz unit. Rules extracted from that were then manipulated to explore the capabilities of it and unleash its potential. It ended up being simplified into an easily mass produced module and also materials used were optimized without compensating what it can do. Also, the strengthened connections between the modules allow it to aggregate into bigger systems of unlimited possibilities.
Hexis by Sara Jane Rin
Hexis was inspired by Richard Sweeney's paper sculptures.“Combining repetitive geometry, curved lines, and modularity, it was found that paper could be folded into a vast number of shapes and structures by slightly varying the folding template. By embracing a spirt of experimentation, elements of art, craft and design become merged.” - Richard Sweeney. Based off of hexagons, the laser cut paper net, folds into a 3 dimensional modular sculpture. With connections at each corner, Hexis is able to aggregate into infinite possibilities, from a screen wall to a hanging lighting fixture. 
Z-Rose by Samantha Goldman
Z-Rose is a smart module that evolved from penrose tiling and interlocking chains. It has interlocking connections allowing it to form asymmetrical petterns. It is essentially a 3d interlocking penrose.
Hooks by Samantha Tartaro
Hooks use their own weight and their strategically placed appendages to grow off of each other in every direction. They hang from each other to create many unforeseen systems that resemble plant life.
Jax by Monica Franco
Traits developed through the design process allow the Jax, smart module, to perform in infinite configurations through a hierarchy of interlocking connections. The modules begin to be link together by a sisterhood connection where one is always there to help the other one through the process of aggregation until they reach the shape or form the user would want to arrange them.
sTACKS by Avrami Rakovsky
sTACKS is an exploration of shared edges using one of the most basic of the five Platonic solids; the tetrahedron. By sharing the faces of the tetrahedron, duplicates can aggregate into an icosahedron. The icosahedron is a twenty-faceted shape made up of tetrahedrons that form a sphere using the most minimal amount of tetrahedrons. R. Buckminster Fuller is a well known designer that is famous for his research on this subject. After studying and exploring his research, sTACKS was born. sTACKS can aggregate in a continually expanding spherical form or it can be manipulated to branch out in random ways.
Nous is an architectural pop-up gallery, and venue in London outside of the academic setting for up and coming architects and designers to showcase their work and discuss current topics. Nous sprung up around London with exhibitions, social events and panel debates. Nous has covered topics from digital design and fabrication to provocative architecture looking at social and physical borders.
Nousgallery.com
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