The two prototypes developed were developed under the concept of leading the forces on the cleanest and fastest way possible through the structure. To achieve this, we looked upon the arch and its structural behavior and decided to explore it in two different ways. First, we explored the essence of the arch and how [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
It’s All About Arches
Posted in Alejandro Martinez del Campo, Pablo Miguel Marcet Pokorny, Uncategorized Comments closed
Bending active structure
For our structure we decide to explore the elastic bending structural properties as a means to generate curved geometries from initially straight or planar elements of plywood. The main motivation behind using it lies in the simplicity of producing a curved element just by bending it.
Posted in Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Rodolfo Parolin Hardy Comments closed
Experimental Structures
We designed two different structures with different functions, in different style and by different methods. First structure could work as bridge. It was designing using Grasshopper and T-Splines. Idea was to make an organic shape and prepare it for work in Karamba. Second structure was done by Paneling Tools Plugin. In different scales it [...]
Posted in Rodion Eremeev, Ruxandra Iancu Bratosin Tagged adcanced architecture, arch, Experimental, forces, iaac, Structures Comments closed
Pneumatic archetype
The two prototypes comes out of the fascination of bending materials. Looking at the properties of for example plywood, it is possible to fold and bend a flat plane into a 3-dimensional structure. We have made several experiment with different bending patterns in paper, cardboard and plastic to try to understand the different opportunities and [...]
Posted in Alessio Salvatore Verdolino, Tobias Grumstrup Lund Øhrstrøm Tagged adcanced architecture, arch, Experimental, forces, iaac, plywood, Structures, wood Comments closed