fibrous tectonics: FORM-ACTIVE SURFACES
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Team
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Year
Fabrication
Alternative Architecture
Design Technology Lab
University of Miami
AutoDesk
Meimei Yang
2020
Meimei Yang, Nautica Holdip,
Nora Alkeyat, Amy Yan,
Buthaina Ahmed, Joelle Potrais,
Nicolas Burbano Diaz,
Pooja Patel, Reid Yenor,
Vahid Eshraghi, Alice Huang
Yihanna Sun, Lauren Chan
Design Technology Lab
University of Miami
AutoDesk
Meimei Yang
2020
Meimei Yang, Nautica Holdip,
Nora Alkeyat, Amy Yan,
Buthaina Ahmed, Joelle Potrais,
Nicolas Burbano Diaz,
Pooja Patel, Reid Yenor,
Vahid Eshraghi, Alice Huang
Yihanna Sun, Lauren Chan
Fibrous Tectonics is an exploration into alternate
typologies of architecture — investigating structural
surfaces through fiber-based design techniques with the intent to generate responsive architectural
elements specific to fluid environments.
The project uses grasshopper script to create bespoke fiber layment paths through a set of operations & algorithms resulting in the definition of a single continuous structural surface. Subsequently, the surface is defined by a continuous carbon fiber, deployed on a scaffolding constructed from CNC milled plywood profiles and 3D printed teeth. The final algorithmic definition, constructed scaffolding and pre-impregnated carbon fiber is manifest into a hardened, rigid structural surface. Once the resin cures the carbon fiber surface is removed from the scaffolding - exposing a lightweight structurally sound, rigid surface that is aggregated with other carbon fiber elements into a structural network.
surfaces through fiber-based design techniques with the intent to generate responsive architectural
elements specific to fluid environments.
The project uses grasshopper script to create bespoke fiber layment paths through a set of operations & algorithms resulting in the definition of a single continuous structural surface. Subsequently, the surface is defined by a continuous carbon fiber, deployed on a scaffolding constructed from CNC milled plywood profiles and 3D printed teeth. The final algorithmic definition, constructed scaffolding and pre-impregnated carbon fiber is manifest into a hardened, rigid structural surface. Once the resin cures the carbon fiber surface is removed from the scaffolding - exposing a lightweight structurally sound, rigid surface that is aggregated with other carbon fiber elements into a structural network.