[c]space
Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang, 2008
This pavilion was designed and constructed as part of
the tenth-anniversary celebration of the Architectural
Association’s Design Research Laboratory. The
competition brief called for an innovative structure
that would utilize thirteen-millimeter-thick fiberreinforced-concrete
panels,
normally
used
as a
cladding
material
but
employed
here
structurally
to
create
a temporary
ten-by-ten-by-five-meter
pavilion.
The pavilion is a discontinuous shell structure,
spanning more than ten meters of thin fiberreinforced-concrete
elements,
which
perform
as
structure and skin, floor walls and furniture.
The
design takes the material to new technical limits,
having required extensive prototyping and material
testing during the development phase. The jointing of discrete concrete profiles exploits the tensile strength
of [fibre-C] concrete, and a simple intersecting notch
joint is locked together using a bespoke rubber-gasket
assembly. The angle of intersection at each joint
varies continuously across the structure.
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| Plan. |
The entire design process was executed with 3D
digital and physical modeling, while the development
phase was completed using rigorous constraint
modeling and scripting to control more than 850
distinct profiles and two thousand joints.
The elements were finally manufactured directly from digital models, using CNC cutting equipment and standard thirteen-millimeter-thick flat sheets of [fibre-C] concrete and fifteen-millimeter-thick mild steel plate.
The elements were finally manufactured directly from digital models, using CNC cutting equipment and standard thirteen-millimeter-thick flat sheets of [fibre-C] concrete and fifteen-millimeter-thick mild steel plate.
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| Digital model describing continuous and discontinuous ribs. // Analysis: Adams Kara Taylor |
Book Reference:
Digital Fabrications Architectural and Material Techniques by Lisa Iwamoto
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