The exploration of the natural forms in the Catalan Modernism has been conceived with the water. In this tile the flow becomes both form and function. The organic form and natural topography seem to be the results of the natural shaping process the sea water produces by touching upon the sand bed. The topography of the tile represents the dualism between liquid and solid: what was once a product of the water flow now is the pathway which drives the water to some constrained estuaries. Tile by tile the continuos and smooth submarine environment takes form within the water and sand.
Category Archives: Luca Gamberini
Hyperblob
Derived from a hyperboloid of 1 sheet, the Hyperblob is a free standing structure made up of 25 2mm fiberglass rods, 33mm long, through two 3D printed rings, 150 mm in diameter. Hyperboloids can be found in architecture and are based on the concept of a ruled surface: through every point on the surface lies a straight line. Hyperblob is an exploration of curvature through the use of straight lines. The structure has a variety of movements, in all of the cartesian coordinates, due to the 3D printed joints. Read More
Also posted in Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Giacomo Fiorani Tagged 3d Print, 3d printing, advanced, Advanced Architecture, barcelona, bending, digital fabrication, digital tools, hyperboloid, iaac, MAA 2013-2014, project 1500 Comments closed
Light is more
First Digital Fabrication Exercise is concluded. The school’s courtyard is now hosting the final towers made by laser cutting. Our final result is a free-standing structure that looks back at the building rationality and simplicity to reach the top. The structure has been first thought as an assembly of X shaped pieces. These pieces has been then optimized removing material and allowing in this way the soft bending. Some extra pieces drive the bending pathway creating a solid assembly, while others are arranged as crosses to avoid the horizontal movements. The overall composition looks thin and light as it was preferred to concentrate the material along the height only where necessary in order to get higher.
Also posted in Carlos Bausa Martinez, Jose Roberto Diaz Braga Tagged Advanced Architecture, barcelona, digital fabrication, fablab, fablabbcn, iaac, joints, laser cutter, laser cutting, MAA 2013-2014, modular structures, plywood, tallest structure, tower Comments closed