The Miura Fold

by Tuğrul Yazar | May 23, 2014 11:25

This is one of the works of the three-day workshop at Eskişehir Anadolu University, called “Animate Patterning“. This project is based on our previous folding experiment posted here, while students advanced it, testing a folding style called “Miura”. They built a 2.5m x 1m folding pattern, explained briefly here[1].

After analyzing, and testing the folding technique, they drew the tessellation composed of a single parallelogram. They joined the structure together with hinges and screws. Finally, an Arduino setting is added including a continuous servo and a PIR motion sensor. Although the available time was not enough to calibrate the movements perfectly, it worked very well for introducing the experiment necessary to study animate patterning.

The workshop is organized together with Mehmet Ali Altın and Fulya Akipek. Students are, Murat Akırmak, Gizem Ceyhanlıer, Cem Kıyak, Bartu Can, Tuğba Levent, Seda Orhan, Gizem Gümüşkaya, Yunus Emre Boz, Rana Arslan, Kadircan Avcı, Meryem Geçimli, Mehmet Özdurak, Ayşegül Odacı, Çiğdem Cgdm?, Arif Oturmak, Hüseyin Sedef, Meltem Damar, Efe Büyükbörekçi, Emre Çıtak, Alperen Şahin, Hande Öztürk, Kaan Gökçakan, Aydan Ören.

Source URL: https://www.designcoding.net/the-miura-fold/

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