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Algorithmic Nature
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Algorithmic Nature
Hybrid Botany
3D scan
When technology fails to replicate nature, what new potentials emerge?
Hybrid Botany is a multi-year body of research into what happens when 3D scanning and printing attempt to replicate a flower. Its delicate transparencies, hidden folds and layered structures resist digital capture, exposing the limits of both technologies. Instead of fixing these errors, we keep them: they bring a natural dimension back into the replicated object.
The printed surfaces come out fragile, and invite a quiet empathy. They raise a question for future materials: could they age, weather and evoke empathy, the way natural materials do over time?
Hybrid Botany is a multi-year body of research into what happens when 3D scanning and printing attempt to replicate a flower. Its delicate transparencies, hidden folds and layered structures resist digital capture, exposing the limits of both technologies. Instead of fixing these errors, we keep them: they bring a natural dimension back into the replicated object.
The printed surfaces come out fragile, and invite a quiet empathy. They raise a question for future materials: could they age, weather and evoke empathy, the way natural materials do over time?
The research grew into exhibited works, including wall compositions of ceramic tiles
and a printed flower displayed with its
support structures.
Credit:
Hybrid Botany with Renana Ire-Shy
Studio photography: Dor Kedmi
and a printed flower displayed with its
support structures.
Credit:
Hybrid Botany with Renana Ire-Shy
Studio photography: Dor Kedmi
Algorithmic Nature
Thorn
Can thorns evolve to be more empathetic? What should remain, and what might we change?
Wild thorn flowers native to Israel evolved sharp, defensive shapes to survive. They play an important role in the ecosystem, yet are often seen as a problem: they sting and help spread wildfires. With designer Yuri Movshovich, we created a speculative series of thorn structures that question how we choose to reshape nature.
Developed through parametric modelling in Grasshopper, the designs retain core thorn morphologies while proposing new forms of coexistence: softened edges, protective cages and rounded loops that preserve defense while inviting emotional connection
Scope:
Concept and Design
Credits:
Parametric Design- Yuri Movshovich
3D prints- Su-Pad
Wild thorn flowers native to Israel evolved sharp, defensive shapes to survive. They play an important role in the ecosystem, yet are often seen as a problem: they sting and help spread wildfires. With designer Yuri Movshovich, we created a speculative series of thorn structures that question how we choose to reshape nature.
Developed through parametric modelling in Grasshopper, the designs retain core thorn morphologies while proposing new forms of coexistence: softened edges, protective cages and rounded loops that preserve defense while inviting emotional connection
Scope:
Concept and Design
Credits:
Parametric Design- Yuri Movshovich
3D prints- Su-Pad