top of page
Rice Architecture
24HM_X08
HANGING MODEL / EXPERIMENT EIGHT
Olga Sobkiv
Hanan Traiba
Yao Xiao
Inspired by Heinz Isler’s Hanging Membrane Model, our group wished to explore shell structures in our hanging model. Our group discussed various materials, from mesh fabric to chainmail, that could generate these geometric, form-finding explorations. We settled on using chainmail because it holds a significant weight, allowing it to fall when a tensile force is applied naturally.
PHYSICAL MODEL


DIGITAL MODEL


PROCESS
bottom of page




















