Serpentine

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Serpentine

Installation | 2026

A suspended wooden skin that coils, expands and descends; mimicking intelligence of a living form.

Conceived as a sculptural spiral, Serpentine draws from the tessellated surfaces of reptiles and amphibians. Over 1,000 wooden panels come together as a continuous field of scales, where individual units surrender to a larger rhythm. The installation begins with a simple geometric principle and pushes it into an immersive spatial gesture. Each panel follows the curvature of the whole, allowing the surface to gain softness, depth and movement while retaining the rawness of wood it's made with.

What begins as a system becomes a creature of light, shadow and material.

Placed within a defined square volume, Serpentine creates a circular counterpoint to the rectilinear architecture around it. Its spiral geometry gives the interior an organic pull, while its warm materiality keeps the work grounded. Integrated lighting filters through the layered skin and illuminates the aquarium below, allowing function and expression to occupy the same body. The sculpture is seen differently from every position - dense, porous, expanding, contracting - but never fixed, and never flat.

The piece is realised through a parametric design system and digital fabrication process. More than 1,000 unique wooden panels, custom bent metal sections, laser-cut and CNC-bent brackets, and 3D-printed connections come together to follow a precise assembly. Computation gives it structure while craft lends it presence.

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Serpentine

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location

Jamnagar

year of completion

2026

A suspended wooden skin that coils, expands and descends; mimicking intelligence of a living form.

Conceived as a sculptural spiral, Serpentine draws from the tessellated surfaces of reptiles and amphibians. Over 1,000 wooden panels come together as a continuous field of scales, where individual units surrender to a larger rhythm. The installation begins with a simple geometric principle and pushes it into an immersive spatial gesture. Each panel follows the curvature of the whole, allowing the surface to gain softness, depth and movement while retaining the rawness of wood it's made with.

Placed within a defined square volume, Serpentine creates a circular counterpoint to the rectilinear architecture around it. Its spiral geometry gives the interior an organic pull, while its warm materiality keeps the work grounded. Integrated lighting filters through the layered skin and illuminates the aquarium below, allowing function and expression to occupy the same body. The sculpture is seen differently from every position - dense, porous, expanding, contracting - but never fixed, and never flat.

The piece is realised through a parametric design system and digital fabrication process. More than 1,000 unique wooden panels, custom bent metal sections, laser-cut and CNC-bent brackets, and 3D-printed connections come together to follow a precise assembly. Computation gives it structure while craft lends it presence.