Materials: Polypropylene, Plywood, Steal string, screws and nuts
Machines: Laser cutter
The digital fabrication class presented the first assignment results.
This first step has been focused on the development of a system based on component proliferation using the cutting machine; the main requirement of the exercise was to reach a focal point of the two windows in one of the main rooms of IAAC, creating a virtual ceiling to generate a continuous surface in the space.
A set of hexagonal grid was pre-fabricated and delivered to groups in order to define a common framework for assembly. Students assembled all the cut components and installed them in the hexagons given as a work area. 25 groups (of 3 students each) developed different proposals using polypropylene as base material, together with the plywood structure of the hexagon.
Ground plan of IaaC
Perspective view of the intervention
Structural detail
One week of intense digital fabrication and one day of assembling:
Tutors: Tomas Diez, Edouard Cabay
Assistant: Alexandre Dubor
