Adaptive tensility

Adaptive Facade Component Design + Fabrication
Location : Adidas Retail Store, SOHO, Manhattan, New York
Collaborator : Pari Agarwal, Youngjun Lee, Heeyun Kim, Albert Franco and Jose Cruz

This project was to initiated to bring life to this normative glass mullion facade. The intention was to create a system the moves into few different positions for special events like shoe releases. The concept of movement seemed appropriate for Adidas because the company is primarily focused on movement in athletics.

The additional structure is a series of vertically place adjustable triangle plates attached to a cat walk. Cables penetrate through the plates.The plates compress and expand to create differences in the cable screens.