The TWIST is a design and construction project developed by the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme (EmTech) at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. The project capitalises on the material effects of milled plywood observed in 1:1 tests, thus making the experimentation process central to the design endeavour. The TWIST, however, seeks to gain full control of such material behaviour, exploiting the anisotropic properties of plywood to achieve a material system capable of producing articulated surfaces by the orientation of its elements.
Project Team:
Academic Supervisors: Evan Greenberg, George Jeronimidis, Michael Weinstock, Manja van de Worp
Students: Sulaiman Alothman, Ashwini Ashokkumar, Natalya Aygunyan, Nicolo Bencini, Parantap Bhatt, Chaitanya Chavan, Thanisorn Devapalin, Spyros Efthymiou, Lorenzo Franceschini, Giulio Gianni, Hazar Karahan, Panit Limpiti, Arpi Maheshwari, Francis McCloskey, Antonia Moscoso, Gabriele Motta, Achraf Mzily, Akshay Narwekar, Carlos Ochando, Kuber Patel, Arpita Parmar, Lorenzo Santelli, Natalie Sham, Yutao Song, Antoniya Stoitsova, Yifei Sun, Alican Sungur, Patrick Tanhuanco, Arnold Tejasurya, Felix Tseng, Di Zhou,
Partners and Sponsors:
Hanson Plywood; TRADA