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FLOATING CIRCLES
MOFID BRANCH CEILING, CONSTRUCTED
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Tehran, Iran | 2020
Role: Designer and Fabricator, member of the team. Credits: Photos and diagrams were created by Dahi Studio team.
The “floating Circles” is a false ceiling which is designed and constructed for the Mofid Securities Co. branch. The main project was designed by ..., and the very high ceiling that was not suitable for its function was the critical problem of the space.
Based on the occupation, the hall was divided into several spaces for a counter, lobby, sitting area, and VIP meeting room. Thus, these spaces need different heights. In order to tackle the objective, the design team tried to create a free form false ceiling which can perform various height in relation to the needs.
On the other hand, there was not an ability to add a secondary structure for the free form ceiling. Therefore, the only way was to suspend light plates from the ceiling. Moreover, it was a lot better to distribute the loads through the ceiling panels.
Colors change from the dark green, which was the company brand color, to white which was more suitable for the hall.
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The research group tested several methods of suspension which was capable of suspending the plates in a specific position and specific tilt and rotation considering that we cannot have anchor where ever we want. The final method connects three points of the roof to three points of the plates with six cables which create six triangles and hold the plates in a specific position.
Top Row: Initial Prototyping. Specific ruler design for the project which helped us to create fixed length cable considering the hook.
Labels for each cable. Final installed plate. Bottom Row: The hall area. Beyond the surface.
