Project Team: Christa Radosavljevic and Laura Handleton

Site: Peabody Essex Museum

Collaborators: Amy Youngs

Project Proposal

Our guiding concept was to imagine the space from a crickets view since they will be inhabiting the space, while maintaining interest to humans.  Crickets have compound eyes made up of interlocking hexagon shapes.  We used these shapes to organize the space as a way of seeing the site from a cricket’s perspective.  We originally intended the hexagons as a floor design that would be extruded upwards to different levels.  Our next study models involved cutting notches in the hexagons to fit the 2D shapes together.  We eventually developed this further into hexagons which are abstracted into three dimensional modules.  These mimic the egg carton shape that crickets are comfortable in and provide hiding spaces for them, creating a comfortable environment for the crickets. Sandpaper creates a walkable path for the crickets, guiding them to the modules and encouraging them to climb and explore the shapes, while tulle creates an elevated path and allows them to fully experience the entire space.  The result is a structure that is comfortable for crickets and encourages them to explore while creating a dynamic space to interest the human museum goers.

Study Models

Final Model

Renderings

Front Perspective

Camera Perspective

Cricket Perspective