The Structure Systems

EXPLORATION OF TECHTONIC LANGUAGES CARDBOARD EDITION

• Now we understand what the material is capable of doing • The models now have a caracter, as Dr. Amr said “How it says something, it has a message” • We introduced an additional material to the cardboard, which is the cables. Yet, we had some problems with this model.

How is was related to previous phases:

• Now we are capable of integrating phenomenology with the structrual model • For the arches we went back to the idea of the evolution of our phenomenological experiance • How spirituality intersects with their everyday life. 1• The idea of layering from one of my contextual models • How we wanted to represent the spirituality by the play of light from the openings inbetween the different units in the main arch

CABLES & ARCH INTERSECTION OF ARCHES PRT. I

• Here is where the idea of the embodied spirituality in the everyday life started • We figured that a single arch would not be enough to represent the spirituality • We needed different units to represent this

The feedback:

• They could actually see what we were talking about • We need to come up with a one sentence thematic statment that conclude our ideas for us to use in the upcoming phases • We needed it to be more of a structural model not an art

Things we need to figure for the final model:

• Start to connect them together at the top and distribute the load • We need: footing, tie beams, and to add something for it to be an actual journey explaining the whole experiance

Things to take care of: • It is actually a diagrid structure not cables. • The arch needs bracing, tie beams, and the slits to be angled so it would be stronger.