MJW
Architecture

Structural Study / 2025

Emotional Resilience

A paper structure exploring strength and vulnerability

A self-supporting paper structure translates resilience into form. Folded and curled elements develop from exploratory sketches into an assembly whose strength depends on the relationship between its parts.

Tall paper structure with purple folded supports, cream horizontal elements, and curled upper forms.
Completed paper structure

Sketch, fold, assemble

The study begins with intersecting planes, curved frames, and radial forms. Material trials explore how folds and curls can stiffen paper and connect it into a standing structure.

Hand-drawn concept showing a curved upper frame supported by radiating strips.
Curved frame study
Pencil study of layered and intersecting planes.
Intersecting plane study
Hand-drawn six-loop radial form.
Radial form study
Top view of curled purple paper elements around a central opening.
Form and material detail

Project presentation

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Design team: Nathaniel Powers, Maxwell J. Wiesenfeld, and Joan Amuasi.

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