A giant, smooth coral" A cloud-like barnacle" A woman's floral swimming cap"?

© Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY

A giant, smooth coral" A cloud-like barnacle" A woman's floral swimming cap"?Such phrases are how art and architecture studio Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY attempts to describe it?s latest curvilinear project, Under Magnitude.Suspended within Orlando?s Orange County Convention Center, the installation is a two-storey structure, formed from a network of branches that are synthesized by a single, smooth white surface. The form expresses the studio?s aim to ?unite surface, structure, and space in order to create a new kind of experience.?

The whiteness of the piece allows for dynamic shifts in tone and light at different times of day. Often, it achieves the effect of lacking edges or boundaries, amplified by the flowing curvatures.From a distance, the structure could be perceived as one single mass, yet upon closer inspection, it reveals itself to be the conglomeration of a number of sub-elements. The complex surface also serves as structure, as a result of the tubular branches intertwining to create ?columns? and ?beams?.
© Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY

© Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY

While its material thickness is a mere 1mm thin, the structure itself is sturdy enough to be walked on. This is based on the ...