WORKSHOP
CHRIS BANGLE
AN ENDEAVOR IN DISCONTINUITY
Exterior Car Design of the Future
Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, September 2010
The workshop reflects on the evolution of automotive design since the invention of cars and the influence of production processes and new materials on the outer shape of cars. Chris Bangle draws attention to new and unexpected shapes that might be able to better interpret new social habits and gestures as a part of the new experimental concept.
Symmetry and continuity in surfacing are still part of our car design legacy that Bangle challenges with revolutionary concepts such as discontinuity, irregular shapes, and surfaces. In this workshop, Bangle points out that there may be many advantages to be discovered by abandoning the ‘’surface continuity’’ paradigm in car design as well. According to Bangle’s vision, non-continuity is a way to get future car designers to think outside of the restrictions of the ‘’business-english’’ shape dogmas of today.
CONTEXT
How to attach emotion to the surface (emotional energy)
Replacing the surface without a description of the surface
The topography of the surface creates structural skin like a surface
Technique where the structure influences the form
The spontaneous way: a random effect
Dissolve the surface that generates visual moments
Changing the symmetry—volume language defined by the space organization
Textural structure: zooming in on texture and finding the form
Reshaping what defines a car: form and structure work together
The surface communicates with the internal functions of different layers
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