PUSH PLANAR
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RACHEL MEI-LAN TAN
PUSH PLANAR WEEK 10 11/04/2015
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THINNESS
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LINEARITY - MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE GROUND 5
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There is an evolution from the intuitive sense of building solid structures and massive walls: which is to develop an architecture that pushes the thinness to its limit (becoming a limit) and, therefore, producing a tectonic of efficiency.
TRAVERTINE : THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS : PYRANESI 1750-1758
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Elements become ambiguous: surface becomes structure, structure becomes void, space exists and is inhabited wherever it can be.
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CLEAR NYLON : ON SPACE TIME FOAM : TOMAS SARACENO, MILAN 2013
SURFACE AREA : VOLUME RATIO | 729M2
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THE IDEA WOULD BE A TRULY PLANAR ARCHITECTURE +
THAT IS AT ONCE VOLUME & APPROACHING SURFACE +
IT EXISTS IN ONE DIMENSION BUT IS INVISIBLE IN ANOTHER +
AND HOW CAN IT STRUCTURALLY SUPPORT ITSELF?
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EAST-WEST/WEST-EAST : RICHARD SERRA, DOHA, QATAR 2014
THINNESS IN PLAN NATURALLY LEADS TO LOOKING TO ELEMENTS OF A WALL AND IT’S FUNCTION AS A DIVISION OF SPACES
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RUNNING FENCE : CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE, SONOMA, 1972-1976
PARTITION WALL
NATURE
limitless
NATURE
MAN
defined
NATURE
partition
divided
C
MAN
inhabitable
constrained limited
NATURE
OTHER
MAN
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OCCUPIABLE WALL limitless
NATURE
MAN
defined
NATURE
partition
divided
C
MAN
inhabitable
constrained limited
NATURE
OTHER
channeled
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MAN
partition subdivision
MATERIAL THICKNESS
WOVEN WALL COTTON FIBER 1 MM THICK
WOVEN - FIBER : 1MM
GLASS WALL 1.3 CM
GLASS : 1.3 CM
SCREEN PAPER + WOOD 2.5 CM THICK
SCREEN - PAPER + WOOD : 2.5 CM
STEEL PLATE 5 CM THICK
STEEL PLATE : 5CM
WOOD WALL 10CM
TIMBER : 10CM
CONCRETE WALL 15CM
CONCRETE : 15CM
BRICK WALL 21.5CM
BRICK : 21.5CM
MUDD WALL 25CM
STONE : 25CM
MUDD WALL 40CM
MUD : 40CM
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MATERIAL
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360
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390
90
PROGRAM + MATERIAL DICTATING FORM : DEFENSIVE WALL : DEFENSIVE + DIGITAL WALL
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200
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WEST BERLIN | EAST BERLIN
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USA |
OTHER |
| MEXICO
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BERLIN WALL
SECURE FENCE ACT
AUERILIAN WALL
1961-1989 Length: 155km Width: 23cm Height: 3.6 m Total Width: 1.2m Material: Concrete Panel
2006-current Length: 1125km Width: 3mm Height: 6.4 m Total Width: 1.2m Material: Concrete Panel
2006-current Length: 52km Width: 3.5m Height: 8 m Material: Brick faced concrete
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550
800
706
389
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DEFENSIVE WALL + GATEWAY + AQUADUCT : DEFENSIVE WALL
600
160
335
90
OTHER | ROME
| MEXICO
SELF | OTHER
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E ACT
m
2m rete Panel
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AUERILIAN WALL 2006-current Length: 52km Width: 3.5m Height: 8 m Material: Brick faced concrete
GREAT WALL OF CHINA Length: 8852km Width: .6m Height: 5-8m Total Width: 5-6m Material: Stone, brick, tamped earth, wood
THESE TWO POSSIBILITIES OF THINNING & THICKENING BETWEEN IN_BETWEENS
PUSHING TOWARDS A VOLUMETRIC PLANARITY -
BECOME A TANDEM OPERATION STRATEGY _
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TORQUED ELLIPSES : RICHARD SERRA, 1996
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STRUCTURE
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STRUCTURED DERIVED FROM THE ADAPTABILITY OF A LEAF 25
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THINNESS : BENDING MOMENT
STIFF!
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PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THINNESS : BENDING MOMENT
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FORM STUDY ON HOW TO PRODUCE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO TORQUE A MATERIAL
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TORQUE
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180
270
360
INVERTED PYRAMID
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COVERING MORE LENGTH MATERIALLY IN DEFINED ZONE
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PRE OR POST TENSION
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PRE OR POST TENSION
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BOW & ARROW : TENSION BY WEIGHT AND VERTICAL FORCE
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VARIATION IN FORCE
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TENSION & COMPRESSION WITH TWO ELEMENTS
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ELEMENT WORKS SINGULARLY IN TENSION & COMPRESSION
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SECTIONAL FORCES
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SECTIONAL FORCES
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FIXED POSITION
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FLEXING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR STIFFNESS
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LEAF
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PROGRAM OF SURVIVAL : SYSTEMICAL & MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR CIRCULATION
SUN
ENERGY
CO²
ENERGY
H²O SUGAR
ENERGY
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LEAF GENERATES ENERGY WHICH NETWORKS IN A LARGER CONTEXT FOR REPRODUCTION
ENERGY ENERGY
CO²
ENERGY
FLOWERS FRUIT REPRODUCTION
SURVIVAL
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FORM : SURFACE AREA IN RELATION TO WIND + SUNLIGHT + WEIGHT
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CIRCULATION : GATHERING POINTS + STRUCTURE
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PERIPHERAL DIVISION OF SPACES : CIRCULATION
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NETWORK OF LEAF : COVERING AREA
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THE LEAF VARIES ITS FORM AND STRUCTURE ADAPT TO UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS WHICH DEFINE RESTRICTIONS
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7 BIOMES
ARCTIC
TAIGA
GRASSLAND
JUNGLE
DESERT OCREAN / RIVER
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JUNGLE
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TAIGA
DECIDUOUS
DECIDUOUS
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