The Topographic Pin Generator translates two – dimensional topographic maps into three – dimensional landscapes, inspired by the Pin Art Toy created by Ward Fleming in the year 1987. The machine creates three – dimensional reliefs of topographical information by using an array of pins that move on the z-axis, based on the height information of recorded topographical maps.
Irregular Manufacturing explores the power dynamic between machine and its designer through an imprecise machine built to turn singular input into varied output. This form finding system is designed to make mistakes and change each time the code is run, relinquishing the details of the final structure to the machine’s choices.