Yifei Jin
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Joint Design

UCLA — M.Arch

Joint Design

A 1-foot cube of self-interlocking parts that hides many windows.

JoineryWoodworkModel MakingFabrication
Year2021
LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA
RoleDesigner
BriefJoint Design
Scale1 × 1 × 1 ft
ToolsRhino, Physical Model

Reading the View House as mostly rectangular geometries and simple curves, the joint carries that simplicity into a single cube whose proportion echoes the house's floor plan.

Built from four interlocking components, the joint produces intersections, openings, apertures and concealed connections — a closed cube that turns out to hold multiple windows.

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Credits

In collaboration with Qinyi Wu and Zirui Wang