BeeGraphy Computational Design Awards '26

This challenge invites designers to explore parametric furniture systems that respond intelligently to spatial constraints, changing use, and environmental conditions. Set within a compact luxury apartment near Omotesandō, Tokyo, and extendable to outdoor contexts, the brief focuses on designing a configurable bench system whose size, material, and configuration can adapt without compromising comfort, proportion, or structural clarity.

Rather than designing a single fixed piece, participants are asked to develop a reusable seating system suitable for both indoor and outdoor settings, demonstrating how parametric logic can control dimensions, materials, and assembly while remaining fabrication-aware and context-flexible.

Modular landscape furniture merging seating, greenery, and continuous form - Capital 8 by ALEXIS TRICOIRE

 

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Your Task

Design a parametric bench or seating system whose footprint, size, and configuration can adapt through parameters while preserving ergonomic comfort and spatial coherence. The system should demonstrate controlled expansion and contraction, maintain consistent seating comfort across configurations, and preserve proportion, rhythm, and structural integrity - supporting both everyday use and larger social settings.
 

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The seating system must maintain comfort, stability, and visual coherence across configurations, with a seating height of 420–460 mm and an adjustable length ranging from 1200–2200 mm.

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What we're looking for?

We are looking for intelligently adaptable seating systems where configurability is driven by clear parametric logic rather than novelty or gimmicks. Submissions should prioritize comfort and usability across all configurations, while maintaining visual clarity and a calm architectural presence. The furniture should feel purpose-built and resolved in every state, demonstrating how parametric control can support different spatial conditions and interior or outdoor contexts without appearing mechanical or overly complex.

 

Design Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated based on:

• Strong ergonomic and structural logic

• One coherent parametric system demonstrated through multiple configurations

• Geometry suitable for furniture fabrication

• Clean and understandable parameter structure

• Use of BeeGraphy to manage variation, alignment, and proportion

 

 

Examples to Inspire

Fluid, gravity-defying chair exploring material tension and sculptural form - Sinking Chair by PHILIPP ADUATZ

 

Parametric ribbed wooden bench forming a fluid, wave-like seating surface - Murena Bench by OLEG SOROKO

 

Structure-driven parametric logic shaping a bench system - PERFORATED BENCH

 

These are references - not limits.

 

What to avoid?

• Expansion strategies that compromise comfort
   
• Overly complex mechanisms that obscure structural logic