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Material: Bark

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Fig 1 - Pine Bark

The emphasis appear to be in the material,concrete, as a show of its capabilities more than anything else

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Fig 5 - Yale Arts and Architecture by Paul Rudolph

Fig 4 - Bark studies used by Dake Wells Architecture in the design of the textured facade of the Student Recreation Centre The dominance of the verticals makes this natural pattern very dynamic and that is where resides its appeal for me.

Fig 2 - Nefs Brewery — Arch.:YKH Associates

Of the three precedents this is the most stylised example of expressing the nature of the tree’s bark

Fig 3 - MSU, Student Recreation. Center — Arch.:Dake Wells Architects

The images above illustrate very different approaches from different architects; however, their all have a common theme, the emphasis of the verticality of the textures.

Exploring HeightField utilising previous model to find a more effective solution to achieve the pine bark inspired texture

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0 1 2 5m Perspective view (Low angle) Front Elevation and Section

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