Designed by Matharoo Associates, this beautiful curtain door was created for the diamond merchant’s residence in Surat, India.
At 5.2m high and 1.7m wide, the door is comprised of 40 wooden sections. Each section is carved so that the door integrates 80 ball bearings, 160 pulleys, a counter weight, and a wire rope.
Stacked one above the other when closed, each plank can then rotate by a simple push causing the door to reconfigure into a sinusoidal curve.
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Jiun
Nice concept, but how about safety
Feb 28th, 2010
GustaveCo
I have to see this thing in action.
Feb 28th, 2010
heather
i like it… would love to see it move
Feb 28th, 2010
Yao Jia
Wow…this must be a cool looking house. The windows aside, check out the stairs!!
Feb 28th, 2010
Tony
Can you actaully open it completely though ?
I mean….at 5.2M high…. there’s no way you could reach the top to open it fully to allow all the light in.
Maybe that’s a meanless gripe ?
Either way, it looks cool I really like it. maybe if it incorporated some sort of deadbolt system so you could lock it in place to move it as one when you wanted?
Mar 1st, 2010
Karin L.
Very Interesting!
Mar 1st, 2010
Fresh
Very very awesome. Would love to see in person.
Mar 2nd, 2010
Dominic
Clever
Mar 8th, 2010
tito g. galamay
very impressive….fantastic creation…can you please show us how you made it ans tell us how safe will it be.
Thank you.
Sep 11th, 2014