3D Hypersurface

Haresh Lalvani

Matthew Mitchell, MArch ‘20
Jonathan Hamilton, MArch ‘20
William Vandenburg, MArch ‘21

Safa Mehrui, BArch ‘21
Earnest Maxwell, BArch ‘21
Aaron Miranda, BArch ‘21
Juan Contreras, BArch ‘22

Milgo-Bufkin
Mohamad Fahan, Metal Fabrication Expert (Milfo-Bufkin)
LERA+ Structural Engineers
Lalvani Studio

School of Architecture, Center for Experimental Structures

This multi-year project (interrupted by covid-19) is now in its last phase of fabrication, with the intention of an outdoor installation at Pratt Institute in the Fall of 2021.

The structure is a one-sided minimal surface embedded in higher-dimensional space and constructed from water-jet cut laminated alucobond sheets adhered by a structural glue. Unlike the well-known Klein Bottle, a one-sided 3D version of the 2D Mobius strip, 3D HyperSurface does not intersect itself. It is new. This project continues the CES mission of focusing on melding a morphological discovery with advanced constructive systems and fabrication methods to develop experimental structures.