Fabric Tessellation

RESEARCH DATE: SPRING 2010

FABRIC

TESSELLATION Clear Acrylic Aluminum

Team: Timothy Bell Tong Hao Shaun Salisbury Andrew Teng

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STUDY MODEL PROCESS: The initial analogue studies focused on the creation of a flexible network of cells formed from cutting and folding one sheet of paper.

A collapsible triangulated mesh emerged and was modified to include wedges and gusset plates for rigidity.

DIGITAL GENERATION: The cellular units are digitally recreated in Rhino using the parametric components of Grasshopper to create tessellated surfaces with a double curvature. The entire system can be mapped onto any free form surface allowing the transparent sections to vary in size and the mesh to increase its depth to provide for

ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM: SINGLE CELL

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS: Waterjet Contour Cutting And Bending Of Aluminum Components

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Generated from a pattern of offset nestled triangles, this component system mimics the fluid and flexible geometric forms of

collapsible fabric structures or pleated shades. Through a folded plate system of triangulated ribs and diamond shaped

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apertures fitted with transparent acrylic, this project achieves a state of total

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divided into four-sided cells whose edge flaps fold up and join with triangulated gusset plates to provide axial and lateral support.

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TRIANGULATED STRUCTURAL GUSSET PLATES Plan

FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE

PROTOTYPICAL Front Elevation WALL ASSEMBLY

PROPOSED WALL SYSTEM

Side Elevation