ABSTRACT
Flatform is an installation created for the Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The intent of the installation is to demonstrate techniques of creating architectural systems free from the typical construction systems, using pre-manufactured components. Additionally, this installation demonstrates a wall assembly system composed of interlocking panels, with connection details built into the fabrication of the object. The panels are made of brushed stainless steel, which delimits the angle that each tab is capable of folding. The edges of each tab are filleted, for safety and aesthetics. Shifting patterns were used to create variation in the pattern across the wall system. Two types of variables existed within the tab connection systems. Each major tab and its reciprocal minor tab shifted size relative to one another, as one became larger the other receded.
