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Earthquakes

Earthquakes:

 After exploration of cutting away and taking off, I felt it was appropriate to explore something different and still has elements from the first prototypes that has the ability to enhance the spatial verb of "shear" onto real life applications and deeper thinking that could be incorporated into my designs. 

















Reflecting back on this diagram I found right at the start as reminded me of earthquake movement and how tectonic plates interact with each other under stress. This is appropriate to my verb as it extends not only on the distortion of a shape but the different parts to it which could be a potential investment to look into modular seating for my next developments.







Further investigation into earthquakes shows three main types of plate movments.....diverging elements, converging elements and transforming elements.

With the discovery that plates are under the earth its quite astounding that the surface it still quite stable. This accounts for a good opportunity to explore stability as an added aspect to the functionality of my design.

Incorporating the usage and terminology of earthquake movement through my design will be essential to enhancing my knowledge of how things move and where there pressure points will be. This will create an ability for me to investigate further about structure and ergonomics of how the human body is related to the structure.

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