Tesselion : Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization

More Final Images

sjet — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:52:39 +0000

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)!

Tesselion Complete!

sjet — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:49:57 +0000

Images from the completed installation,

Tesselion: Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization.

www.tesselion.wordpress.com

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

Fabrication Sponsor: Jared Laucks & Continental Signs ( www.continentalsigns.net)

Many Thanks: Jared Laucks, Marc Fornes, Adrienne Yancone & everyone else for the generous support!

More images soon!

Construction Day 17_5:4:08

sjet — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:44 +0000

A few photos as the canopy touches down with the ramp.

Assembly has been completed: (Final photos will be up soon!)

-All panels are in place & tightened with lock nuts (except 1 which needs to be cut & shipped to site).

-The entire construction including folding, rivetting, bolting, installing & tightening took roughly 7 (12 hour) days for with only 1 person.

Construction Images Day 15_5:02:08

sjet — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:47:36 +0000

Construction Images Day 14_5:01:08

sjet — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:44:53 +0000

Construction Images Day 10 : 4:27:08

sjet — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:50:46 +0000

The threaded rod has been set into the concrete and the ground panels have been bolted in place. The first rows are taking shape and beginning to transition from horizontal to vertical.

Construction Images Day 8_4:25:08

sjet — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:31:34 +0000

Images from Phase 2: (12) 4′x8′ sheets CNC fabricated by Continental Signs and Jared Laucks. (www.continentalsigns.net)

2 Full strips (27 panels) have been folded, riveted and bolted together. 5 strips still to be assembled. There are 187 total panels in the canopy structure.

DWGS_4:23:08

sjet — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:34 +0000

Construction Images_Day 6_4:23:08

sjet — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:01:05 +0000

Images from the ground work construction. 2″ Concrete base to stabilize ( 8 ) 5/8″ x 2′ threaded rods driven into grade. Leveling nuts and gaskets will secure the base panels to the threaded rod.

Construction Images_Day 2_4:18:08

sjet — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:32:09 +0000

5 rows down 22 to go! Avergaing roughly 2-3 rows per hour.

All bolts still need to be tightened to fix curvature in place.