DIPLOMA UNIT 17 - ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION Latent territories: Knowledge Spaces Theo Sarantoglou Lalis, Dora Swejd
Plastic tubes LED strips / Renforcement PET Foam
INFORMAL HOST: ERODING KNOWLEDGE SPACES TECHNICAL STUDIES MATERIAL COMPOSITE Production and evolution of a resin and polyethylene aggregate composite material for lamination of terraces and roof structures, potential interior finishes. Questioning the very finite, smooth materials invading our environment, this material composite and its research try to reclaim a certain degree of cognitive material encryption.
Renforcement
Renforcement
LED strips
PET Foam
LED strips LED strips
Plastic transparenttubes
As a relatively porous, grainy material with a resin-based matrix, its use offers the experience of observing at a relatively fast pace traces of wear and tear, spatial occupancies that have been imprignated onto the material, whilst allwing for interesting ‘glowing’ lighting qualities. The study aims at rendering this material usefull at a visual level, but also structurally viable whilst integrating lighting strips for indicative and semiotic social purposes. SOFTWARE SIMULATION: LOAD TESTING The data being fed into the system included: material definition (1) restraining edges (2) load information and location (3).The resulting predictive simulations allow for the design to be alterred and answer to live and dead load scenarios in real life, 1:1 scale. BEAM VERSUS CANTILEVER DESIGN Two main design iterations were defined for the panellized walkable roof structure in question. Firstly, a full perimeter support scheme presenting the panellized composite as stretching between two supporting edges. Secondly, a cantliver scheme was suggested as a way of reducing the presence of any supporting beams in the way of the window panels. LIVE AND DEAD LOAD The selected material component was established as cast resin with an overall load of 2 people/m2.The overall roof area was estimated and averaged at 100m2. 100 x 80kg 800kg = 8kN hic ness mm aximum deflection . m airl ea deflection due to less dead load
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