AR2327
STACKING UNITS
AR2327 Architecture Structure & Construction Group J1 (Tutor Florian Schaetz) Charlene Kuehn Gabriel Ng Gabriel Png Sakina Halim Yang Xuan
ContentsPage
Design Intention
Plan, Section, Elevation & Axonometric Drawings Axonometric Rendering
Casting Concrete
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DesignIntent The design of the tower comprises of 15 modules,
by the distribution of weight around an implicit core.
each simply two squares
Triangular voids were
rotated 45 degrees connected by 8 triangles.
carved out to increase the porosity of the tower,
The design intent was to
juxtaposed with solid
create a tower that expressed the structurality
triangular indents.
The alternating rotation of the modules creates a
and duct tape. The unconventional
dynamic tower profile. The
materials were chosen to
modules interlock by fitting the mortis joint on
increase the ease of disassembly after each
the top of the module with
cast and allowed for
the tenon joint at the bottom of the subsequent
multiple casts per formwork. The usage of
module. Two modules
tape lent a certain textural
were used, primarily the solid cast and filigree
expression to the concrete. Wire mesh was utilised to
modules. The tower
reinforce the horizontal
progresses upwards with the solid modules forming
bracing elements of each module. The modules were
the base and the filigree modules progressively
casted as full rings instead of individual triangles to
increasing in number.
reduce the number of modules to be casted.
The formwork for the modules was constructed out of PVC foam board
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PlanDrawing
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SectionDrawing
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Elevation Drawing
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Axonometric Drawing
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Axonometric Rendering
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Casting Concrete (Our Process)
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Formwork
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Casting
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FinalTower
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