Creature I

Vending Machine, Spatial Design

Vending Machine, Spatial Design

YEAR

2023

technique

3D modelling
3D scanning
3D printing
3D rendering


photo credits

Maria Capello
Julia Hartmeyer
Valentin Jauch

"Creature I" is a vending machine that delivers the archive and the latest issues of the UDK Journal. Working with electricity and placed close to a collection of vending machines in the main hallway, Creature I reflects its environment in various manners.

This vending machine's materiality, functionality, and purpose reflect one of the UDK Einsteinufer building's reasons for existence: enclosing the universities digital and analog archives. This space is where the university's vital administration activities happen, among other academic activities. The omnipresence of glass and metal in this building, both reflective materials, inspires the outside construction of Creature I, where the internals are revealed. The presence of the UDK server rooms in the basement encourages the overall look of this vending machine. The Journals are stacked on each other, generating a horizontal grid-like pattern, and are placed inside a transparent body, giving the impression of longevity and perpetuity.

This project was realised together with Julia Hartmeyer and Hikari Tanaka

"Creature I" is a vending machine that delivers the archive and the latest issues of the UDK Journal. Working with electricity and placed close to a collection of vending machines in the main hallway, Creature I reflects its environment in various manners.

This vending machine's materiality, functionality, and purpose reflect one of the UDK Einsteinufer building's reasons for existence: enclosing the universities digital and analog archives. This space is where the university's vital administration activities happen, among other academic activities. The omnipresence of glass and metal in this building, both reflective materials, inspires the outside construction of Creature I, where the internals are revealed. The presence of the UDK server rooms in the basement encourages the overall look of this vending machine. The Journals are stacked on each other, generating a horizontal grid-like pattern, and are placed inside a transparent body, giving the impression of longevity and perpetuity.

This project was realised together with Julia Hartmeyer and Hikari Tanaka

"Creature I" is a vending machine that delivers the archive and the latest issues of the UDK Journal. Working with electricity and placed close to a collection of vending machines in the main hallway, Creature I reflects its environment in various manners.

This vending machine's materiality, functionality, and purpose reflect one of the UDK Einsteinufer building's reasons for existence: enclosing the universities digital and analog archives. This space is where the university's vital administration activities happen, among other academic activities. The omnipresence of glass and metal in this building, both reflective materials, inspires the outside construction of Creature I, where the internals are revealed. The presence of the UDK server rooms in the basement encourages the overall look of this vending machine. The Journals are stacked on each other, generating a horizontal grid-like pattern, and are placed inside a transparent body, giving the impression of longevity and perpetuity.

This project was realised together with Julia Hartmeyer and Hikari Tanaka

© 2019 Maria Capello, all rights reserved.

© 2019 Maria Capello, all rights reserved.

© 2019 Maria Capello, all rights reserved.