Digitally Fabricated Lamella Structure

Fabric attachment A first alternative for the attachment of the fabric was carried out by placing closed hooks on the face of the edge lamella, through which a wire rope was to be threaded while also going through a fold along the edge of the fabric sewn up to allow for it. Holes in the fabric where the closed hooks have to go through can be cut out in place with the structure up so as to allow for precise placement. A different solution attempted uses the protruding ends of the half lamellae that rest on edge lamellae to wrap the fabric around them. In the design as per that moment, this implied too long spans in the fabric which made it difficult to avoid wrinkling, so, considering we had ta free mortise in each edge lamella, since only one lamella ends on each end one, a ‘stump’ piece was designed to allow for an intermediate support for the fabric. In this solution the attachment of the fabric to the structure is made byinserting eyelets on the fabric edge where a screwand washer can be placed and fixed to the bottom edge of the edge lamellas and stumps.