POLY // HELIX

by Brandon Da Costa

 

AN AGGLOMERATION OF POLYGONS IN THE FORM OF A

HELIX. THE ‘POLY // HELIX’ LOOKS AT THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY

OF THE WOOD-JOINT CONNECTION THROUGH ITS

MASS, MOMENT, AND SHEAR, THAT ALL LIE IN STATIC

EQUILLIBRIUM. GROUNDED MERELY BY 2 CUBES TO THE

BASE THIS SCULPTURE NOT ONLY EXPLORES THE

STRENGTH OF THE SUM OF ITS PARTS BUT SO TOO DOES IT

PROCLAIM THE STRENGTH IN EACH FRAGMENT, WHETHER

CUBE, RHOMBUS, OR RECTANGLE. THIS IS A SCULPTURE

THAT IN ITS ESSENCE OF CONSTRUCTION EXPLORES THE

CONSTITUENTS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON FORM AND

SPACE.

ELEVATION ISOMETRIC JOINT PLAN