Wonderlab Research Cluster 6
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1.71 The Bartlett School of Architecture 2016
1.72 Figs. 1.70 – 1.72 Ropology Fig. 1.70 Rope studies. Synthetic sisal rope was chosen as the primary building material due to its flexibility, low cost and availability. It can easily be looped into various three-dimensional elements. Using a soldering gun allows you to punctually merge seams and fixate the emerging patterns. The rope-based compoinents can then be baked into structural elements. Fig. 1.71 Architectural proposal. Larger, architectural scale assemblies are designed to investigate the potential of the rope system as a self-supporting, space generating device. Fig. 1.72 Rope columns. Architectural elements were designed and built as a first attempt to create building scale parts. Figs. 1.73 – 1.74 Brilock Fig. 1.73 Design process. Brilock explores the idea of a modular, interlocking brick system that allows users to easily design and build 50
intricate objects and architectural elements without any tools, fasteners or bonding agents. During the design process attractor fields are used to digitally aggregate horizontally and vertically oriented spatial chunks. Linear elements are introduced to create larger spans and surfaces. Fig. 1.74 Furniture design. Furniture scale experiments were carried out throughout the year to develop a project-specific design language and to advance the development of the fabrication process.