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TESSELLATION / SYSTEM
Horizontal / One-Way Frame The tessellation of the one-way frame base units creates a non-extruded horizontal form that is divided internally into compartments defined by the structural columns, transmitting an affect of segmentation and horizontality.
perpendicular cross-beam
longitudinal cross-beam column
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diagonal portal
This space defined by the light-framed structure transmits an acoustic affect of specularity with some diffusion from the frame and secondary beams.
orthogonale portal
This form is constructed from a single, one-way, steel-frame base unit which is angular in its protogeometry, transmitting an affect of lightness and bending.
The horizontal tessellation of the two one-way-frame base units creates a corrugated perimeter and an affect of bending.
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This horizontal form is produced by the tessellation of a one-way portal frame resting on columns at mid-span, with the one-way orthogonal portal varying, as it repeats, to become diagonal. The combination of orthogonal and diagonal portals changes both the external and the interior perimeter profiles of the space structure. This form of enclosure transmits an optical affect of segmentation, lightness, bending and horizontality, and an acoustical affect of specularity and some diffusion.
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