Marching figure transforms into architectural forms in animation by Universal Everything
A lone computer-generated figure marches forward whilst morphing through an array of architectural structures that include geodesic domes pixellated blocks and complex lattices, in this animation by multimedia studio Universal Everything (+ movie).
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Matt Pyke of Universal Everything based Walking Architecture on the futuristic imaginings of 1960s architecture group Archigram, creating a vision of a city as a living organism that strides on despite its changing size and form.
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As the movie starts, the figure's proportions resemble those of a human body. It gradually becomes abstracted as time goes on, transforming into different shapes that include a cluster of pixellated cubes and a striated mound.
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"The language of materials and patterns seen in radical architecture transform as the nomadic city walks endlessly, adapting to the environments she encounters," said Pyke.
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The title, Walking Architecture, is a reference to an Archigram project called Walking City - a concept by British architect Ron Herron for a system of nomadic robot buildings that could walk freely to wherever their resources or manufacturing capabilities were needed.
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At the end of the movie the figure returns to its original form, ready to begin the transformation again.
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