Flower Station, TJAD Original Design Studio

FA22 Structural Systems II

Critic: Mark Cruvellier

Partners: Megan Mueller + Jada Cannon

This semester-long project consisted of producing a structural model of a built work of our choosing. The Flower Station, built in 2021 in Shanghai, China represents a built space that focuses specifically on structure and efficiency. This pavilion demonstrates structural systems such as the space truss and a support system of lattice columns. In order to construct this model, wood was hand-cut into dowels scaled specifically for this project, along with the use of guitar string to act as members in tension, and 3D-printed joint elements.