Body & Motion

ENV 101 – Environmental Design 1 Prof. Alexis Navarro

In this project, I aimed to capture force exerted by the human body while doing a given activity, in this case, throwing a ball.

I divided the movement into 3 Key Figures which represent the most forceful parts of the action. I then highlighted the different parts of my body with color-coded squares, then translated these squares into a physical model in the form of rectangles made of basswood. Depending on the amount of force being exerted, the rectangles would get deeper, emphasizing importance & strength of that specific motion. The final wood model is a combination of all three Figures, representing the drastic change in energy from one part of the body to another in one simple action.