SpiroWall

The project was made out of 12 single tube units with 24 servo motors and 1 Arduino board manipulate by the script running in Processing. Fiber applied here as the main material was nearly transparent but clearly defined a tube-like shape as a single unit. By pressing the keyboard, the user can rotate servo motor clockwise or counter-clockwise to change each individual tube shape. Through this scaled prototype, the possibility of an interactive wall letting people passing through when they attempt to can be strongly supported.

The project was initiated by a simple rotation mechanism by setting up two acrylic plates in a certain distance and connecting them with 12 stretchable fibers through the holes within the plates as a unit. The rotation generated by the motors and plates gives not only the diverse intriguing patterns but also various functional gaps/openings for people to walk through.