4.500 Design Computation: Art, Objects, and Space | MIT Architecture
December 2019
Instructors: Larry Sass
TAs: Bowen Lu, Kii Kang
A full-sized chair built from one 4’x8’ sheet of half-inch plywood. Planar pieces of wood were cut using a CNC machine and friction-fit together with mortise and tenon joints (no other fasteners were used). Singular connection units are used in lieu of crosshatched planks of wood, greatly reducing the material used, the final weight of the chair, as well as the difficulty of the modeling and construction processes.
The chair is capable of supporting 200+ pounds.