GROUP:
Carolina Aguirre
Antonio Atripaldi
Hugo Carvallo
Mathew Owen

GROUP:

Carolina Aguirre
Antonio Atripaldi
Hugo Carvallo
Mathew Owen

The second assignment required decomposing the 3D design of a piece of furniture, into 2D elements to laser cut them as its pieces. It was also important to consider that the model would be part of a fluid whole later on, so it had to respect the limits given for it and the shape of its initial and final faces.

Resuming the design process, it was developed inside the boundaries given and taking advantage of some free space to give it some movement through the invisible cage. Then, the its top was modified by using control points to give it some flatness that would allow it to be useful as a confortable bench.
The result was a dynamic element which provided excellent prospects for successful fabrication as also its integration with the other designs.

With the design already completed, the 3D model was modified to be produced using the laser-cutting machine. The surface of the design was offset and contours were created. Intersecting surfaces were made from these contours and cilinders where placed on them, which were later trimmed to create voids in the elements in order to be able to join the pieces. The intersection slots were made to be 2.8mm wide, creating a snug fit for the mounted panels. Finally, the various pieces needed to be separated and projected, side by side, onto a cplane which had the same dimensions as the wooden panel to be placed in the laser cutter.

Once the 3D design had been translated into the 2D layout, its file was exported to the laser cutter. A 3mm thick wooden plank was cut into the various waffle pieces. The cutting process was closely monitored in order to comply with the necessary safety precautions, such as ensuring that the cut pieces didn’t obstruct the machine while it was still in progress and of course to control a possible fire.

After the pieces were cut successfully and without any incidences, they were assembled to be part of the final product.

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.

The Lou Ruvo Brain Institute is a health care facility specializing in research and care for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, ALS, and Memory Disorders. The facility has approximately 31,000 square feet of clinical care and research space; and nearly 7,000 square feet is dedicated to the Museum of the Mind. Construction began in February, 2007, and completion was in 2009.

GT served as BIM consultant during design and construction to ensure Frank Gehry’s innovative designs for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute were fully realized. Project team members used Digital Project to create a 3D building model which allowed fabricators, erectors, and constructors to view building components layer by layer with a 360 degree viewpoint for exceptional detail, thereby removing ambiguity, ensuring design intent realization, supporting accurate fabrication and construction, and reducing change orders and requests for information. Three 3D models covered the building life cycle: the design model, the construction model, the as-built model. The project team kept the models synchronized.

The Yas Hotel is one of the main architectural features of the Yas Marina development. Asymptote envisioned an architectural landmark embodying various key influences and inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed, movement and spectacle, to the artistry and geometries forming the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions.

Of architectural and engineering significance is the main feature of the project’s design, a 217-meter expanse of sweeping, curvilinear forms constructed of steel and 5,800 pivoting diamond-shaped glass panels. This Grid-Shell component affords the building an architecture comprised of an atmospheric-like veil that contains two hotel towers and a link bridge constructed as a monocoque sculpted steel object passing above the Formula 1 track that makes its way through the building complex.

The Grid-Shell visually connects and fuses the entire complex together while producing optical effects and spectral reflections that play against the surrounding sky, sea and desert landscape.

The architecture as a whole “performs” as both an environmentally responsive solution and as an architecture of spectacle and event. The entire jewel-like composition of the project responds visually and tectonically to its environment to create a distinct and powerful sense of place as well as a breathtaking backdrop to the Formula 1 and other events that the building will celebrate.