Thesis.

This project represents our attempts to synthesize a structural system that is highly efficient, responsive to programmatic changes, and self-contained. Our system is re-peatable and modular, and its parts tie into each other to make deviations from stand-ard conditions absorbable by the integrity of the rest of the system. The module is de-fined by a column rising up from the floor and branching out into a hexagonal shape, from which additional members are drawn to connect to neighboring hexagons in a linear truss shape. This is augmented by a contrasting network of steel cables connect-ing the columns around balconies, atriums, light wells, and other cutouts, allowing spatial variety without endangering the wood’s structural integrity.