Project Overview
Fractured Bloom is a kinetic investigation into how folded structures can generate movement through their own construction. The project focuses on embedding motion directly into form by working with segmentation, hinges, and material tension, rather than relying on hidden or external mechanisms. Through iterative prototyping, the work examines how small changes in geometry and connection points affect how a structure opens, closes, and transitions between states.
The project developed through a hands-on process that began with paper folding studies and progressed into digitally fabricated components and simple actuation tests. Each iteration was used to test limits, how much movement a structure could achieve, where resistance emerged, and how control could be maintained without over-engineering. Rather than aiming for a fixed outcome, Fractured Bloom functions as a system for testing transformation, where form and movement are inseparable and continuously inform one another.
