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PRACTISE FABRICATION // LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES 1:1 // day 4 to 6
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 6 & 7
On the last scheduled day on the site, a big effort was made to finish the first layer of bricks, in order for the pavilion to obtain structural integrity and the steel rods to be removed. The weather slowed things down, as varying humidity conditions affected with the behaviour of the fast-setting concrete mixture, while [...]
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 4 & 5
Days four and five of the Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar – both days on the site at the Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs – kicked off with a collective effort to finish mounting the Laser-cut cardboard pieces that were used as guides for the construction process. These were attached to the wooden formwork. The steel [...]
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // ROBOTIC MICRO CARPENTRY // day 1 & 2
The Practise Fabrication // Robotic Micro Carpentry Seminar, led by Tom Pawlofsky – ETH – with Alexandre Dubor and Sofoklis Giannakopoulos, explores the KUKA robot as a multi-tool, micro factory. The aim is to give an introduction to robotic fabrication, focusing on setting up processes and tools to be used with the robot. The students [...]
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES 1:1 // day 1 to 3
The Practise Fabrication // Lightweight Structures 1:1 Seminar, led by Silvia Brandi and Rodrigo Rubio, with the collaboration of Pepe Ballesteros (Prototipolab) and Maria Kupstova, is focused on the digital fabrication of lightweight 1:1 scale spatial installations, based on the expertise of Experimental Structures, and the further development of some concepts proposed in Public Space [...]
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 3
Day three of the Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar – and second day on the site – kicked off with a collective effort to finish the wooden formwork. Once finished, the wooden formwork was carried and installed to the site, a process that required a lot of manual labour. Laser-cut cardboard pieces that will be [...]
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PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 2
Day 2 of the Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar was and intense and productive day at the Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs. The day started out with recycling wood for the formwork necessary to accomplish the structure, that was later assembled. The group of students and tutors also dug the soil for the foundations, then laying out [...]
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