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The Shape of Sound

Fig. 01Rendering: the woven installation in a corridor
Context
Team project
Year
2023–24
Team
Ruiwei LongYiwen YangJialu SunTongyu GuoZishuo LiJinge Yang
Instructor
Xudong Huo

Giving sound a shape

Sound itself is empty, fluid and intangible, yet in physics it can be shown as the vibration of particles or in the form of waves. We took a looping audio clip and imaged its frequency bands, so that different kinds of vibration were imaged as points of intersection in space and given form, then enclosed to bring out the idea of the loop. We then combined structure and wave frequency parametrically, so that the object was shaped through a weaving logic to complete the model.

Translated from the Chinese original · Source: Board, sheet 2

Board, sheet 2: concept and structural breakdown
Fig. 02Board, sheet 2: concept and structural breakdown

From waves to form

Deduction route: Rhino, acrylic cutting, TouchDesigner, sound-wave curves, crossing horizontally and vertically.

Structural breakdown: the linear vibration of a sound wave → its circular vibration → the two overlapped horizontally and vertically → enclosed according to the audio loop → the overlapped data fed into a parametric model to form a body → the woven surface treated as the load-bearing logic.

Translated from the Chinese original · Source: Board, sheets 1 and 2

Board, sheet 3: profile, top view and cross-sections of the curves
Fig. 03Board, sheet 3: profile, top view and cross-sections of the curves

In a corridor

Rendering, along the corridor
Fig. 04Rendering, along the corridor
Rendering, close to the woven surface
Fig. 05Rendering, close to the woven surface
Rendering, against a wall
Fig. 06Rendering, against a wall