1/8 Scale Assembly
More images from the 1/8 scale model….
Conclusions:
-The tab connection does not restrict unfolding and requires further bolting to ensure stability.
-A tab connection can reduce overall elements from 1000+/- to 250+/- as connections are incorporated in the panel. This probably doesn’t save money in material cost but drastically reduces assembly time and frustration!!
-Tabs were scaled based on panel edge lengths and therefore varied the size & hole distances.
-The fenestration seems to weaken the panel if it occupies a large percentage and nears the edges.
-Material width was not accounted for and would result in a 9″ increase in the overall full scale length!! This means that all panels must be reduced by 1/8″ to account for the 1/8″ tab fold, or the fold must be set inward.
Tesselion is a project by Skylar Tibbits which proposes a system of flat panel tessellation derived from complex surfaces to
enable ease in constructability and a directly evolved spatial environment through lighting,
programmatic adaptation and structural simplicity. Each panel’s uniqueness is afforded by
the efficiency of digital fabrication while coded parametric relationships allow an emergent structural
efficiency, from a single panel to the complete adaptability of the surface as a whole.
