Launching the Imagination 3D by Stewart Mary & Stewart Mary

Author:Stewart, Mary & Stewart, Mary [Stewart, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781260154405
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Published: 2018-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

PLANE

A plane is a three-dimensional form that has length and width but minimal thickness. Depending on the material used, planes can be transparent or opaque, rigid or flexible, flat or curved. We can construct enclosures using folded or bent planes. When slotted together, planes can create a variety of sturdy forms (9.29 ). As Maya Lin’s Blue Lake Pass (9.30 ) demonstrates, when modified incrementally and organized sequentially, planes can create forms that are as descriptive as a mountain climber’s map.

Planar constructions can be relatively light in weight as well as physically strong, as when Richard Wilson designed Slipstream for Terminal 2 at London’s Heathrow Airport (see Figure 9.2 ). Inspired by the movements of a flying plane, he needed to capture an elusive idea within a suspended form. By combining a wooden interior structure with thin sheets of aluminum, he was able to suggest motion across the 230-foot-long sculpture.

► key questions

PLANE

Consider the limitations of the material you are using. Can you cut, score, and fold it to create curving planes?

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