Catenary Aurora (2017)

Digital Design Studio

Team: Joohyung Lee, Kyungeun Song, Daeun Lee, Jaejin Lee, Sooyeon Kim
Role: Team Leader

Instructor: Hangman Zo

This built project was part of the Digital Design Studio Pavilion Competition. Inspired by indoor camping grounds, our team reimagined a small, obsolete critique room at Seoul National University beneath an aurora-filled night sky, transforming it into a lounge-like space where students could step away from work and rest. Responding to parametric designs that often feel rigid, static, achromatic, and merely ornamentalβ€”as if digital models were copied directly into realityβ€”we designed a chiffon pavilion in 10 shades of turquoise to embody the aurora’s soft color, light, and form. The installation is simple: brackets are mounted to the ceiling, curtain poles are set in place, and laser-cut fabric pieces are cable-tied at predefined points. Once installed, the fabric naturally forms catenary curves under gravity, revealing a flowing aurora shape that previously lacked fixed form. A total of 508 fabric pieces overlap from three to six layers, swaying and shimmering in the hot-air fan’s breeze to showcase the aurora’s varied and ever-changing qualities.




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