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Tesselion : Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization

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Tesselion is located at the Philadelphia University Architecture & Design Building & will be up until October.

Address : 4201 Henry Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144

Feel free to visit & take photos (send me any images & I will post them on the web)!

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Written by sjet

May 16, 2008 at 7:52 pm

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Nice work! I’m curious about the stability of thing. Is it flexible at all? If not, is it because of extra stuff put into the joints?

Thanks,
Kristoffer

Kristoffer

May 19, 2008 at 8:48 am

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I am wondering: if a kid tries to climb the structure what will happen?

Very nice and exhausting work.

Mehmet

October 15, 2008 at 6:15 am

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То что бредомысли это точно
Видно настиг творческий кризис. Мысле нет о чем писать

Marinkina

May 21, 2009 at 11:18 pm

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Шрифт трудно читается у вас на блоге

Avertedd

May 26, 2009 at 8:08 am

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A new era of digital technology has emerged to enable freedom of design expression. Increasing complexity in surface curvature through rapidly developing digital techniques has enhanced an age old design problem of constructability of non-standard surface geometries. Along with the software for creating this complexity, intelligent capabilities for construction can be utilized through algorithmic and parametric logic. Simultaneously, improvements in fabrication technologies are clearing the way for a fully unified design and construction process. Simultaneously, the possibilities for both design and fabrication are reinvigorating the professional role of the architect.

Tesselion is a built project which demonstrates 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.

Recently the development of planar quadrilateral meshes has become a strong interest in the architectural community due to their potential ease for constructing complex surfaces. The project responds to this problem and proposes a method for flat panelization of free form surfaces which provides large scale, efficient and economic construction from flat sheet material.

Project Collaboration:
Marc Fornes (www.theverymany.net) Adrienne Yancone (www.diecreative.com)

Material Sponsor:
Alliance Metals (www.alliancemetals.com)

Fabrication Sponsor:
Continental Signs
(http://www.continentalsigns.net/)
Special thanks to:
Dr. Spinelli
Dr. Vini Nathan
Susan Frosten
Carol Hermann
Dr. Pastore
Jane Cespuglio
Christian Jordan
Steven Stein

Studio Support:
Scott Del Rossi
Joe DiCicco
Marc Woodcock
Ben Motyl
Trevor Horst
Brandon Kruysman
Jon Proto
Jared Laucks
Lisa Mathews
Amanda Tonetta
Jesse Vaughn
Josh Holmes
Vini Sickles
Tyler Stockholm
Schendy Kernizan
Veronica Emig

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Tesselion : Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization