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T2- Body as Surface Part 2

The idea was to capture the emotion of confusion, slowly allows the user in the space to adapt and explore the environment and surroundings around him or her, evoking the emotion of curiosity and determination to seek for solution. My design take form of the shape of a cocoon, the wall structure is made up of different sizes of rectangular, placed in different directions to evoke confusion to the user.

After considering the design of the structure, I found that the construction of it may not work out and aesthetically it does not bring out the design. Thus some adjustments are made. The Cocoon now has a total of three vertical supports and seven horizontal ones across, holding the structure together. At the point of meeting, each has a single dovetail joint so as to be able to slot them in nicely and neatly. The boxes of various sizes that are applied into the gaps of the skeleton are a tool of knowledge that leads people to find out how it works and what function does it serve as the appearances of these boxes are similar, just like how books as they are, have the ability to draw their audience to browse them just by using its spine. These boxes could and should include the function for both sides of the users, meaning it should cater for both users from the inside and its surroundings, which brought as back to what a cocoon is about. It serves as a protection from its surroundings, yet it should not be too tough for the insect to break free itself, a correlation of interior and exterior.

Images and ideas of cocoon