Exploring Deployability in Different Scales

Deployability is the ability of an object to open to function when needed and close when it has served its purpose.
To properly understand the concept of deployability and how various mechanisms work, the studio emphasis on teaching various scissor mechanisms and origami tessellations which can be further used in a live structure. Students are made to do a detailed market research of a material of their choice to understand its use and availability. All these skills acquired are then put to use to resolve the final design problem.