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the laser cut screen for the veiled house is nearing completion with the mounting of the screen to the framing currently being instructed. we’ve been working with CCMI who have been building boats for the last 35 years, of which experience has led to some interesting conversations on material, process, detail and tolerance. (more…)
the slide house construcion has now completed the slab and first floor masonry stage. we have just been sent the fabrication drawings including which illustrates the large webbing beam that supports the eastern length of the house. click the image to view the design of the project…
lace offers a subtle interplay of space, light and shadows and the mystery of concealment. the powerhouse museum, sydney, has an extraordinary and well documented collection of approximately 3,000 items of lace dating from the sixteenth century to the present. the museum’s lace study centre has three hundred handmade examples of lace on display daily.
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rhino 4.0 / grasshopper 0.60043
the veiled house in surry hills is in the final weeks of construction certificate.
the project proposes an entire redevelopment of a two storey terrace, adding an additional level + ground floor rear extension. an 8m high x 2.5m metre wide black anodised laser cut screen is proposed to veil the entire infill section (entry) of the house which we conceived to be of a highly decorative but light articulation. (more…)
rhino 4.0 / grasshopper 0.60043
we’ve been testing milling patterns in grasshopper over the last few days and have uploaded an simplified VB version of our arc pattern. the definition gets interesting when paths cross, allowing for nested pockets of grooves.
download the sample package here.
rhino 4.0 / grasshopper 0.60043
as an alternative to the tried and tested waffle iso fabrication technique (ahem! boring…), we’ve slapped together a waffle isocurve definition that cuts sections through a surface via it’s normals. the defintion references any rhino surface (or brep) geometry, defines solid depth and material thickness, creates single curved surface profiles (twisted available) notches the frames and is up for an unroll command, ready to (nest + and) fabricate.
make sure you are working with flexible material… & download the sample package here.
quite a thorough collection of digitally fabricated models and prototypes have been rapidly accumulating for the last year and a half. the 499 strong flickr pool discuss and document their experiments; production techniques; experience with the fabrication industry and material explorations. great site for ideas to push your newly acquired fab machine.
the research work of d fab arch run by architects fabio gramazio & matthias kohler at eth zürich has been on our radar for some time. their teaching program centred on a computer controlled industrial robot that assembles or mills construction elements directly from design data is unique in academia and a tool that we would love to get our hands on. the projects range from investigations into perforations, openings and variations in building sequences all with the aim to develop innovative construction techniques and architecture using discoveries and studies from computer-aided production and digital design processes.
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