Toto Tvalavadze

Research · Ambient Computing · 010

Mega Alex is a layout, not a piece of furniture

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Four white ALEX drawer carts on castors, C1–C4, usually live apart: two parked in the bottom bays of the Lab IVAR wall, two against the Lab’s back wall. Assembled, they form a pinwheel in the middle of the Lab under a 118 × 118 cm birch top: the Mega Alex.

So the studio has two layouts, and the twin needs both. The model switches between them with one key, and every cart drawer keeps its address when the carts move: C2·3 can be found whether the carts are parked or assembled.

The same plan with the carts parked, then assembled. The state line under the switches follows the layout.

Switching is also a small workflow worth visualizing: which cart goes where, in what order, and where the top comes from. That last part is still open. The top’s spot when the carts are parked isn’t in the model yet, so it’s hidden.