Cockroach Workshop

During our workshop with Nelly Ben, where, inspired by the cochroach we had to 'build' something related to this insect. So one could develop and create anything that reflects the cockroach in some ways by looking at the way it adapts, the way it moves, the way the cochroach lives and survives etc. etc.

MINSUNG and PONG

We approached this project from a Product designer’s point of View. If we were to look into the future at the survival of the human race we would see that as a species we would need to evolve physically to be able to adapt and survive.

Taking from a Cockroach which is an insect that has survived for thousands of years what if humans were to develop physical characteristics similar to that of a cockroach to be able to survive. Assuming that this were to happen Our project was to design a chair for this hybrid evolved human.

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LIANNA_

was interested to see how a simple 2D object (A4 sheet of paper) can be adapted into 3D shape and recreate the way a cockroach transforms to fit into different spaces:

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LOTING and JUDY_

were interested in how to trace and map out a cockroach's landscape so humans can see it by using clay to mould out the corners in the workshop room:

EUNJIN, SHRIYA & JACKIE_

Imagined how life would it be if we were to live in an egg. May be many years into the future when the human race has destroyed the planet, people will have to live in pods that replicate required living conditions.

Our project involved building a simulator for such an environment.

We began by trying to replicate the environment of what we thought would be the inside of a cockroach egg.

The egg was designed in a trolley so that one of us could actually get inside and make a recording of the experience while being moved around to various locations inside and outside the campus.

The data collected was then converted into a movie that was screened to an audience at the end of the workshop.