The exhibition presenting student installations created within the framework of the Form and Structure Specialization Project Course attracted significant interest. The opening event was attended by numerous students and faculty members, as well as representatives of the companies providing the materials, and was honored by the presence of Dr. Tamás Varga, Dean of the Faculty.
The Project Course is the first comprehensive design assignment of the specialization, in which fourth-year students begin to familiarize themselves with the tools and mindset of parametric design from the very beginning of the semester. This year’s guiding concept was “Weave.” The design framework consisted of a cubic structure with an edge length of three meters assigned to each team, or the spaces between these cubic frames. Within this framework, students were tasked with creating formally expressive and structurally sound installations constructed from bent wooden lamellas.
Each student group shaped one-eighth of the available space according to its own concept, and together these individual interventions formed a continuous and interconnected spatial sequence. As a whole, the installations can be interpreted not only as independent works, but also as a functioning exhibition space and circulation system.
The semester-long work extended from analog and digital form experiments to the development of detailed construction drawings, while the design process itself was characterized by continuous reconsideration and refinement. Questions of feasibility consistently influenced the underlying geometric assumptions, keeping the design constraints in constant motion. To manage this dynamic process, the teams used the parametric design software Rhino3D and Grasshopper, through which they defined key parameters and the algorithms generating the spatial models. From these parametrically controlled, momentarily “frozen” models, the cutting patterns of the lamellas forming the installations could be precisely derived.
One of the greatest challenges of the semester was the design of connections between the lamellas themselves and between the installations and the built environment, including floors and walls. These joint conditions clearly demonstrated what it means when a design moves beyond the drawing board and becomes a physically constructed, spatially experienced element.
In addition to the instructors, external industry partners—JAF Holz Magyarország Kft. and Würth Szereléstechnika Kft.—supported the realization of the project. The exhibition of the completed installations, made possible through their professional and material support, can be visited on the 3rd floor of Building K, in room K3.22 of the Department of Drawing and Visual Studies, on Mondays between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., or by prior appointment.
Students:
Gergely Tamás Borissza, Anna Cozmei, Bence Drotár , Zsófia Farnyik , Ágoston Györkös, Gábor Hellenpárt, Brigitta Hornok, Ágnes Juhász, Orsolya Keszy-Harmath, Luca Kata Kis, Viktória Krisztina Kliszek, Gréta Mátyus, Réka Mosolics, Péter Alex Nemes, Zaránd Nyári, Balázs Rátosi, Nikolett Rigelmann, Dorka Rubóczki, Csenge Somfalvi, Konrád Tamás Szabó, Péter Benedek Szabó, Zsófia Réka Toldik, Gergő Vágány, Csenge Weidinger
Instructors: Dr. Eszter Fehér, Péter Lassu, Dr. Tamás Ther
Workshop instructor: Lajos Czeglédi
Photography: László Szűcs
Sponsors: JAF Holz Magyarország Kft., Würth Szereléstechnika Kft.
Participating Departments: Department of Morphology and Geometric Modeling, Department of Graphics, Form and Design, Department of Mechanics, Materials and Structures
