August 8, 2008

Voussoir Cloud































コンサルティングを傍で眺めながら私も CATIA model development に参加した Voussoir Cloud. 8/8 Fri のオープニング、BH でこの installation を担当したエンジニアも来ていて満足そうでした。次の sci-arc
installation では CATIA 担当が私なので10月の完成が楽しみです。 

Current sci-arc exhibition Voussoir Cloud by IwamotoScott Architecture.
Voussoirs means the wedge-shaped stones that form an arch or vaulted ceiling. It seems like that people's first reaction to the piece was "...but how ?" An arch or vault usually consists of compression taking materials. But the vaults of Voussoir Cloud are made up with paper-thin wood veneer, looking fragile enough not to take any compression forces. Going through various form finding simulations, Buro Happold optimized the geometric performance of the global surface so that the internal tension enables the surface to hold itself within the material property.

Here is the design process of each triangle shaped component.

2 comments:

GowStar said...

まだ行ってないんだよね~。
写真で見る限り結構かっこいいね。
紙でできてるんでしょ???

さすがいわもとすこっとって感じです。

yukie hirashima said...

紙くらい薄い laminated veneer で出来てます。彼らこのマテリアル好きみたいです。行くのなら週末の午後西日がさす頃が綺麗ですよ。