Nephos
Installation
Packing Investigations
Layers Stratification
Nephos
A structure made from one material
A cloud perceived as a dome
A dome perceived as a cloud
A sensorial exploration of space and material
A dome made from many
Tiewraps
Nephos is a collective project. It is an installation structured upon the notion, qualities and attributes of clouds (νέφος/nephos). 40.000 tie-wraps are used for its fabrication, so as to create layers of ornamental patterns, whose overlapping form an essential internal dome condition.
40.000 Tiewraps
The Cloud
The physical item is a flexible, form-finding structure, evolving in space and resembling the way catenaries acquire their relaxation curves.
Ceiling
The size of the installation is approximately 3.0x3.0x3.0m and it is hanging from the top downwards, providing a human sized, semi-enclosed space underneath.
The Team
Design team:
Iliana K. Papadopoulou, Stela A. Salta, Vassilis I. Aloutsanidis, Daphne E. Gerodimou, Dimitrios I. Chatzinikolis, Anastasia A. Printziou, Maria C. Petsani, George P. Grigoriadis
Supervisor: Anastasios Tellios, Assistant Professor
Design studio ‘08EX12 Spatial Investigations’, research agenda 2015-2016: ‘Domes e/w’, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.