3D Printing Computationally Generated Furniture

ATLS 4519/5519 & CSCI 4830/7000: Computational Fabrication

Andrew Widner

10/27/2024

For this assignment, I am interested in creating a design that is similar to this naturally occurring phenomena found in Iceland:

I’m going to create a sofa that is parametric in that it will consist of a hexagonal grid that you then shape using the parameters.

Task 1:

My procedure was to essentially create a hexagonal grid, then create a parametric profile that would fit over the top of it to define a ‘seat profile’, then extrude the hexagons up until they reached this profile. This would create the desired shape, where each hexagon can move independently and not lose its shape.

1: The Throne

2: The Chronically Uncomfortable

3: The Poolside “Relaxer”