Team 2 Detail

Brief: Take pictures of interesting details/ materials meeting other materials/ joins

I found an example of copper folding to create a wall/ surface covering in The Lighthouse.

The copper appeared to have been moulded into shape around the existing concrete walls.

Detailed images show how the copper had been folded in such a way that it kept it's shape around the concrete with no evidence of welding or any other form of fusion to the concrete surface.

We considered how the copper could keep such close contact with the flat surface of the copper - if the copper was bent round the concrete in-situ then it would try to pull its edges back into it's original flat state.

I attempted to recreate the folds with paper to display how certain folds can force the metal to hold it's (new) manipulated shape.

As I tried to fold the paper round the solid surface, the paper would pull itself back out of the shape and would not sit flush against the surface.