Scaffolding - Context

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Case Study

Two diagrams I completed for the case study on the Cartier Foundation had particlar significance. They demonstrate how Nouvel uses his glass façades to frame a listed tree., and relate to the facades of the boulevard. For more information please see Appendix II

The scaffold-like steel frame is at the core of my design scheme. As a result, it was essential that i develop my own design for this element and that it was not simply a standard steel frame, that i called a scaffold. To achieve this i analysed a series of different types of scaffolding, and chose to base my own design off a ring-lock system, because it seemed to typify the elegant simplicity of scaffolding, whilst also being transferable to a much larger supporting structure. My system results in a standardised set of pieces, with each vertical column having a series of intrinsic plates, onto which can be bolted up to eight braces and cross braces.

Hill House

Whilst different structurally, Carmody Groarke’s intervention at Hill House encouraged me to use a vernacular construction system in my own project. Here they used as frame inspired by Pylon design in the area.