Imperfect Cube
In contrast to contemporary disfigured or non orthogonal architecture
I sought to build a structure with an extremelysubtle level of distortion,
in fact to such a point that it would be indiscernible to the viewer.
If something were to be deliberately disfigured it should be something
that is perfect. A cube is perhaps the most perfect thing of all. Being
simple yet unifying many geometric ideals. The cube is not only the building
block for physical construction but central to many other organizational
practices. I set about to disrupt the cube in the most subtle way, moving
the position of a single corner vertex by one unit in each axis so that
it is pulled toward the true
center.
The amount of alteration was so small that it was impossible to see with conventional drawing methods. To produce drawings which could be used for fabrication purposes a vast amount of calculations, geometrical studies and computer 3D models were made. In the end one /corner was moved as intended. To stop the planes folding on which this vertex was the corner (three points make plane) two other vertices were moved by half the amount of the previous in the Z axis and one unit in their local X Y axis.
Following the calculations the cube was built out of 6mm steel plate.
The structure appears like all other cubes that we are so familiar. Rigid
angles and equal lengths come to demarcate a spatial represention of
the three Cartesian coordinates bound in a harmonious state.
