Réactiv’Skin
- Site
- PARAMED, Marseille
- Type
- Generative sculptural skin
- Material
- CNC-machined ceramic foam, iridescent accents
- Design & renders
- Alexandre Kolinka, SIL
- Year
- 2026
- Status
- Call for tenders in progress
A generative sculptural skin that makes the fields of care and learning visible. The form is not drawn apart from the place: it is computed from relationships, then made tangible in matter.
Reading the site
PARAMED brings together therapy, patients and training. The work sits in the linking spaces — circulations, the small square, the sequences between buildings — and follows the grid of columns, railings and changes of depth, as a system that can be split and adapted rather than a single object imposed on the architecture.
A field of forces
In Rhino and Grasshopper, point charges and force fields act on a population of modules. Each attractor stands for a spatial or relational situation. Real data where available (flows, attendance, rhythms of use) or project values defined with the people of the place drive the size, depth, orientation and density of every module.
Ceramic foam and iridescence
A light, sculptable ceramic foam, CNC-machined so the tool paths remain visible as the trace of the digital process. Terracotta, ochre, red, pink and violet tones; a few modules receive an iridescent finish and act as events of light that change as visitors move and daylight turns.
One field, three skins
Research iterations of the same generative system: pentagonal tiles opening onto a dichroic core, a swarm of copper and iridescent shards, and a tiled relief that swells like a wave.
- Artistic intent, parametric design and renders — Alexandre Kolinka, SIL
- Fabrication chain: parametric model → module numbering → material prototypes → CNC machining → ceramic and iridescent finishes → substructure → dry assembly → installation