This is an experiment to help me decide on materials to use, the materials being experimented in this blog are wooden matchsticks. this material has been extracted from my visit to the RIBA building for the creation from catastrophe exhibition. To respond to this exhibition I have made small match stick model to see the performance of wood in water. This is because in the exhibition the people built their houses with wood as their main material.
This experiment was very successful because as seen in the video, the material floats on water. Its also successful due to many other reasons. The materials is very accessible and cheap which makes the experiment successful because it means I can definitely build the real thing using this material. The aesthetic features of the material is also very realistic when comparing to timbers used in real building, which also makes this materials ideal for me to use.
Now that I know the material works well on water, I will be building another model in this material based on one of my chosen design ideas so that I can see how it will look for the real thing.
I will be testing other materials that i intend in using for my final model and will document them both on my blog and sketchbook.
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