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Blue Symphonies

The Gills of Rhincodon — pattern study

Year
2024
Studio
Year 1, Semester 1 · Wild Imprints
Type
Pattern study
Team
Individual

A study of the whale shark, the largest fish in the world, translated into an architectural pattern. Its body, mouth, eyes, gills and spotted skin were reduced to basic geometry, mostly circles and triangles. The gills, a distinctive mix of half-circles and triangles, became the basis of the pattern. Because whale sharks look much the same at every age, the pattern is built on repetition and hierarchy by size.