Tesselion Complete!

Images from the completed installation,

Tesselion: Adaptive Quadrilateral Flat Panelization.

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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

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 10 : 4:27:08

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 6_4:23:08

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

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.

 

Construction Images_Day 1_4:17:08

A few images from the final assembly.  5 sheets have been CNC routed and delivered, 20 still out for fabrication.

Many thanks to the material sponsor, Alliance Metals (www.alliancemetals.com), for providing ( 28 ) 4′ x 8′ sheets of 1/16″ white aluminum!