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Bio-ID Table

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Bio-ID Table
Year
2019
Type
Furniture
Project
Marcos Cruz and Brenda Parker with UCL Bio-ID
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Exhibition table for Arup Gallery, Bartlett BPro show, LFA exhibition, London

The Bio-ID table is simultaneously a table, a plinth and a display showcase for exhibitions

Bio-ID table in exhibition at the BPro Show at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

The concept is based on the morphology of a pitcher plant where deep inner spaces enable artefacts to be embedded withinthe body of the structure. The openings of the top surface work like theperistomes of the plant, offering a variety of apertures that simultaneously illustrate and protect the artefacts in the variable size and depth of the voids.

Drawings of table with vairable thickness of plywood boards

The table is made of four separate parts that interlock to create a flower-like arrangement with four petals. The digital fabrication entails the assembly of recycled plywood boards that were routedinto a set of striated layers with variable thickness. The guarantee isstructural integrity, as most of the weight is distributed at the bottom of the table and lighter parts cantilevered on the top.

Table cut and assembled in B-MADE at UCL Here East.

Credits:

Team: Marcos Cruz, Brenda Parker, Nina Jotanović and Shneel Malik with UCL Bio-ID

Manufacturing and assembly: UCL B-Made with UCL Bio-ID

Year: 2019