One of the fun things I love about 'paper posting' is the amazing extremes that can be found in works...
However, I don't think I've ever been quite as blown away as when I first saw Michael Hansmeyer's columns...
Aren't they crazy wow?
The innovations in cardboard architect have been powering ahead in the last few years.
Forget its 'boxy' reputation, these computer-generated designs were created using a subdivision algorithm
to allow between 8 and 16 million surfaces on the cardboard.
The construction of these columns is just as amazing...
thousands of laser-cut cross-sections have been stacked one upon the other.
Three machines took 15 hours to cut out all of the 'slices' for one column.
So intricately beautiful and so recyclable too as no glue is used in their construction...
each 'slice' or cross-section piece is placed over a core which holds them all in alignment.
Apparently, Hansmeyer is planning to build structures as his next project.
It's crazy wow but it's also incredibly cool, don't you think? :)
See more of Hansmeyer's work here.
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