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Tesselion : Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization
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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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Hello, I am a student at the university of Brighton, we have initiated a project that of a mobile performance space to be built for June 2009 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at brighton. We are essentially a small group of enthusiastic students from different creative fields, central to our activity is communication and sustainability. The research revolves around the concept of diagram and without going into detail I was pleasantly surprised to see some Marc Fornes ‘drawings’ at the launch of Peter Cook’s new book. I have been following Marc’s work work for a while and i came across your Tesselion project on his blog. It looks very interesting something along the lines of what we want to create so I was wondering if you would like to be involved in our project in creating a structure like this but of a larger scale. Would like to give you more info on our proposal we have recently won sponsorship to design our proposal over the summer break so would appreciate any feedback.
Regards
Naqeeb Popalzy
Naqeeb Popalzy
June 13, 2008 at 10:38 pm
“Fantastic !”. i wish I had better word to describe this. I am an Architect from Pune, India. I wish I could get a CD of this project to show it to the students of Architecture at the Dr. B.N. College of Architecture for Women in Pune.
I must thank my son, Anand athavale, who lives in Boston area, for sending me this.
again, GREAT.
Thanks.
Suresh Athavale
Suresh S.Athavale
June 14, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hey!
I’m an architecture student from Brazil, and around here digital fabrication and parametric softwares are something really really new. In my university, UFRGS, we’d like to change that, could you tell us which softwares and machinery you used to built this?
Thank you very much for the info! Hope Brazil can catch up someday!
Pablo Resende
January 17, 2009 at 1:31 am