
Augmented Materiality · RMIT · Semester 2, 2025
Tubythm
Sound frequency as generative logic. Rhythm, amplitude, and interference patterns translated into a spatial growth language: each frequency reinterpreted as structural tension and density, forming tubular systems that appear as if sound waves have solidified in space.
The project moves through four distinct computational methods — Grasshopper point grids, Kangaroo physics simulation, Rhino Multipipe, and 3D Voronoi tessellation — converging on a PETG tube skeleton derived from Voronoi wireframe curves and refined through iterative physical prototyping.
Fabrication used Mixed Reality overlays via HoloLens to guide the physical assembly: holographic cues for cutting positions and bend angles, step-by-step AR sequencing for insertion order, and MR tolerance overlays to verify joint spacing and overlap lengths in real time. Digital precision transferred directly to handcraft.
Material Research
Concept
Form Finding
Renderings
AR Fabrication
Model Making
Model