As someone who quit from architecture education, I don’t have much interest in building facades.

However, I love interactive pieces.

What if looking at the facade as a group of guardian creatures?

Facade: Hi there~ Nice weather.

Stranger: Hello!

Facade: Ahhhhhhhhh Danger! Danger!

I first looked at structures, origamis, and arranging techniques, to see what could act as individual creates but also being able to be formed into a bigger pattern.

I found a structure that has potential to me, so I started to test it’s features.

I finally decided to use this origami structure because it has the feature of transforming and creating interesting patterns in a 3d space.

The next step was to build up the moving system. I made a sketch model to test out the space needed at each connection.

I once researched on smart metal to see if that could provide the force my structure needs. But because of the limitation of material sourcing, I decided to switch to an Arduino system.

I’ve never used Arduino or coding before, so I asked a friend and made detailed notes.

This is the first time ever in my life making something working on an Arduino board.

I was trying to make an insurance block, so that my servo won’t stop at the point I needed, it has a backup mechanism to turn it off.

One of the critical parts in making all those things work is to have a stable “bone” structure.

I chose to use this kind of system not only because it’s stable, but also because I could easily take it apart if anything went wrong.

I used zip ties to put things together. The zip ties create this technical but clean feeling which I found very interesting.

I put the structure together before connecting to the electronics.