The central theme of the project was to create a structure that arose from a flat plane into a three-dimensional object while challenging the properties of the materials used. The uniqueness of the structure lies in the individual strips that lift from the flat surface, requiring no joints hence forming smooth curves.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Rising Waves
Posted in Akanksha Kargwal, Irina Shaklova, Mamta Srinivas Tagged Advanced Architecture, digital fabrication, iaac, laser cutting, MAA 2013-2014, plywood, wood bending Comments closed
Chopsticks
This tower was conceived by the exploration on the material and it’s stress and bending capabilities. The design process started out by testing the best of wood’s properties; tension. A component was created to explore the strength and limits of bending and twisting and the possibilities of clipping and holding under tensile strength. Several prototypes were [...]
Posted in Chirana Lemuel Sumendap, Karl Francalanza, Pablo Miguel Marcet Pokorny Comments closed
Digital Crown
The structure is a simple constructive assembly system that allows us to experiment in a single object multiple and different types of joints and their possible variations/combinations that became our primary research, seeking to minimise waste. The pentagonal footprint force us to generate horizontal elements that are connected by various elements in the vertical direction. [...]
Posted in Dimitrios Aidonis, Gustavo Adolfo Triana Martinez, Michele Braidy Tagged digital fabrication, iaac, laser cutter, MAA 2013-2014, plywood Comments closed
InterWeave
Each element in this design is a rectangular wood strip of the same length. The width of the strips begins at 4cm and decreases gradually as the structure continues up. Structurally, the tower is organized in two perpendicular axes, crossing at a central datum. In both axes, the strips bend in an alternating pattern [...]
Posted in Efstathia Eleni Baseta, Elena Mitrofanova, Mary Katherine Heinrich Tagged bending, digital fabrication, laser cutting, M. K. T. Heinrich, MAA 2013-2014, plywood, weaving Comments closed
Try-Angle Tower
The main idea of our tower was to create the most stable and, at the same time, light structure and give it an architectural view. We were using the triangles in a top with three horizontal elements, which provide strength and stability, joined with three vertical elements and assembled layer by layer using only this [...]
Posted in Jhon Alexander Giraldo Mendez, Novak Kijac, Sviatlana Matushko Comments closed