Architecture Construction booklet

AR2327

STACKING UNITS

AR2327 Architecture Structure & Construction Group J1 (Tutor Florian Schaetz) Charlene Kuehn Gabriel Ng Gabriel Png Sakina Halim Yang Xuan

ContentsPage

Design Intention

Plan, Section, Elevation & Axonometric Drawings Axonometric Rendering

Casting Concrete

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DesignIntent The design of the tower comprises of 15 modules,

by the distribution of weight around an implicit core.

each simply two squares

Triangular voids were

rotated 45 degrees connected by 8 triangles.

carved out to increase the porosity of the tower,

The design intent was to

juxtaposed with solid

create a tower that expressed the structurality

triangular indents.

The alternating rotation of the modules creates a

and duct tape. The unconventional

dynamic tower profile. The

materials were chosen to

modules interlock by fitting the mortis joint on

increase the ease of disassembly after each

the top of the module with

cast and allowed for

the tenon joint at the bottom of the subsequent

multiple casts per formwork. The usage of

module. Two modules

tape lent a certain textural

were used, primarily the solid cast and filigree

expression to the concrete.

Wire mesh was utilised to

modules. The tower

reinforce the horizontal

progresses upwards with the solid modules forming

bracing elements of each module. The modules were

the base and the filigree modules progressively

casted as full rings instead of individual triangles to

increasing in number.

reduce the number of modules to be casted.

The formwork for the modules was constructed out of PVC foam board

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PlanDrawing

3|4

SectionDrawing

5|6

Elevation Drawing

7|8

Axonometric Drawing

9|10

Axonometric Rendering

11|12

Casting Concrete (Our Process)

13|14

Formwork

15|16

Casting

17|18

FinalTower

19|20

End