Project design 2025
This year’s guiding concept was “Weave.” The design framework consisted of a cubic structure with an edge length of three meters assigned to each team, or the spaces between these cubic frames. Within this framework, students were tasked with creating formally expressive and structurally sound installations constructed from bent wooden lamellas.
Each student group shaped one-eighth of the available space according to its own concept, and together these individual interventions formed a continuous and interconnected spatial sequence. As a whole, the installations can be interpreted not only as independent works, but also as a functioning exhibition space and circulation system.
The semester-long work extended from analog and digital form experiments to the development of detailed construction drawings, while the design process itself was characterized by continuous reconsideration and refinement. Questions of feasibility consistently influenced the underlying geometric assumptions, keeping the design constraints in constant motion. To manage this dynamic process, the teams used the parametric design software Rhino3D and Grasshopper, through which they defined key parameters and the algorithms generating the spatial models. From these parametrically controlled, momentarily “frozen” models, the cutting patterns of the lamellas forming the installations could be precisely derived.
One of the greatest challenges of the semester was the design of connections between the lamellas themselves and between the installations and the built environment, including floors and walls. These joint conditions clearly demonstrated what it means when a design moves beyond the drawing board and becomes a physically constructed, spatially experienced element.
Teams and final submissions:
- Borissza Gergely Tamás, Cozmei Anna, Györkös Ágoston
- Drotár Bence, Hornok Brigitta, Szabó Péter Benedek
- Farnyik Zsófia, Mátyus Gréta, Somfalvi Csenge
- Hellenpárt Gábor, Rátosi Balázs, Szabó Konrád Tamás
- Juhász Ágnes, Rigelmann Nikolett, Rubóczki Dorka
- Keszy-Harmath Orsolya, Vágány Gergő, Weidinger Csenge
- Kliszek Viktória Krisztina, Mosolics Réka, Nyári Zaránd
- Kis Luca Kata, Nemes Péter Alex, Toldik Zsófia Réka
Instructors: Dr. Eszter Fehér, Péter Lassu, Dr. Tamás Ther
Photography: László Szűcs
Sponsors: JAF Holz Magyarország Kft., Würth Szereléstechnika Kft.
Participating Departments: Department of Morphology and Geometric Modeling, Department of Graphics, Form and Design, Department of Mechanics, Materials and Structures