Soft Structure No. 1

Soft Structure No. 1 is a sculptural light object exploring repetition, gravity, and softness through digital fabrication. The work is based on a single organic profile, digitally modelled and repeated to form a continuous, spiralling structure. Though precisely calculated, the form appears fluid and almost unstable, balancing between control and collapse.

The piece is produced using large-scale 3D printing in recycled bioplastic, allowing the layered surface to remain visible as an integral part of the expression. Rather than hiding the production process, the striated texture records time, movement, and material behaviour, turning fabrication into ornament.

Light is embedded within the form, activating the structure from inside and emphasizing its thickness, curvature, and translucency. The illumination reveals subtle variations in the material, shifting the object between sculpture and architectural fragment.

Soft Structure No. 1 reflects Nielsen’s ongoing investigation into how digital tools can generate new forms of ornamentation—where repetition becomes a method for creating difference, and sustainability is approached as a material and structural question rather than a stylistic one.

The work was acquired by the New Carlsberg Foundation.