by Carolina Aguirre/Carolina Miro
The most important part of the process was to find a way to relate the main anchorages of the brick and have a fluid way of connecting them to have a structure that supports all the brick. This was possible by taking advantage of the 3D printing facilities and using a series of modified pipes that follows a trace through the two main cores of the structure and at the same time cover the internal space.
Regarding the Rhino/Design process, a spline was used to trace a way that covered the entire brick diagonally. Then a Pipe followed that trace and used different diameters as forming the pipe to create gaps on its structure.
Then the same pipe served by mirroring it to form a kind of net that later would be covering the internal space of the brick by overlaying them. It was mirrored to the other three corners, one by one, until the entire brick was covered.
The next step was to connect this elements and at the same time create two core elements to complement the structure and make it supportive. The core structures required also to include the two respective anchorages. So it was proposed a symmetrical form, based on a spline whose form was determined by the anchorages given; and that would be revolved in its axe to be formed. At the end, the tubes intersected by the cores where trimmed, to allow the anchorages to be free to be used.
Finally, the model was ready to be exported and 3D printed.
