Contour
Critical Design
Sculpture
Furniture Design
Contour explores the topography and topology of our relation between body and nature, the human experience and the landscapes we tread. Our organic makeup is not so different from the natural world as we have come to feel in our increasingly urbanised society. It seeks to visualise topographical data of the natural world, in a sculptural interior setting that investigates negative space, and acts as a commentary on our rising sea levels and the consequences to our coastal landscapes.
Dataforsyningen // Højdemodel // Open source
Point clouds and data sets in collaboration with Datastyrelsen, DK
Coastal landscape point-cloud
Coastal climate threats
Denmark has 8.750 km. of coastline. The western coast is comprised mainly of sandy beaches and cliffs, which is being carving away over time by the ocean, which is increasing due to rising sea levels and more extreme weather conditions.
Lønstrup, Denmark. Photography by Anna Nowik.
One of the main catalysts for rising sea levels are melting glaciers in the arctic regions around the planet. How might this issue be displayed through a sculptural, but functional, interior product in terms of materiality?
Iceland - Phenomenon where broken areas of glacier wash up on the beaches. Photography by Taylor Miller.
Photogrammetry
- Topography of the body
3D scans of the body in various poses, to examine the flexibility of the landscape of the body’s form. Treating the body as a landscape in itself, and playing with scale from the body to it’s surrounding environment.
When landscapes meet
Point cloud of geographical coastal area in Denmark converted to a surface - Investigating topological differences
Waste streams
Shattered glass is one of the main wash up materials in coastal areas, apart from plastics. How might we repurpose shattered pieces of glass, that would otherwise too degraded to re-use in industrial contexts? In the established glass recycling systems, broken glass is difficult to sort, and if it’s broken down too finely, it may become too difficult to reprocess. When it is too difficult or expensive to separate out the glass, the recyclers send the entire stream to the landfill. According to Recycle Across America, more than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every year. In Denmark there’s an 8% loss rate in recyclability due to this, which ends up in combustion.
