Truchet tiles are a type of square tile with a pattern on each of its four sides. What makes them dynamic is that they can be arranged in a grid-like pattern, and each tile’s orientation can be rotated independently. This results in a constantly changing pattern, as the tiles can be rearranged and rotated to create an infinite variety of designs. The simplicity and versatility of Truchet tiles have made them a popular tool for exploring tessellations, symmetry, and randomness in mathematics and art.
Primarily, the concept allows the user to remove and place the modules of the wall in different situations, like a puzzle, so that they are dynamic in a true sense, creating an ever-changing partition.
Exploration of geometric patterns led us to choose two different variants that, in different random combinations, lead to a beautiful and unique pattern every time.
Deconstruction of the logics of the Wall
- Randomize a square grid into 0s and 1s and dispatch them into two separate lists for two different Truchet morphologies
- Extrude grid and offset surface on both sides to get the structural frame
- Explode grid into lines and construct truchet tile arcs in +/-y – direction to make construction lines of tile 1
- Explode grid into lines and construct truchet tile arcs in +/-x – direction to make construction lines of tile 2
- Join construction lines 1 and 2, offset and extrude curve with cap to make the final tile morphology
- Logic to isolate closed curve extrutions and boolean subtract to clean up closed loop forms in tile
- Boolean subtract tile form from structural frame ( 1 b ) to make the assembly and render out
- Create a circle with the centre of geometry as the centre point to work as the axis of the camera
- Using 3 centipedes to control the revolution of the camera, generation of grid geometry, and the truchet pattern
Steps of construction showing 1 – the laying and fixing of the horizontal supports, 2- then the vertical supports and finally fixing the wooden pieces.
These wooden pieces act like a jigsaw puzzle, forming an ever dynamic , and changing pattern, as users of the space can playfully arrange them as they like.
Render showing how it might look on installation.
