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Origami Wall

Origami Wall is a folding partition that combines a hinged wooden framework with tensioned knitted panels. Its triangular geometry allows the wall to change configuration, altering the spaces it divides and the views through it. The project examines how a textile can contribute to a movable architectural element through its stretch, pattern, and transparency.

The knit panels span the triangular frames. Areas of differing stitch density create openings that filter light and partially reveal what lies beyond the wall. As the structure folds, the panels shift in relation to one another, changing the overlap of their patterns and the degree of visual screening.

The design moved between physical and digital methods. Paper models informed the folding geometry, which was then studied in Rhino and Grasshopper. A computational pattern was translated into instructions for a domestic knitting machine, with stitches manipulated by hand during fabrication. This exchange between modeling and making allowed the properties of the knit to inform the finished partition.

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