structure & material/ pattern & building

Could these figures be scaled from ornament to structure and then to full building structure?

What if these single initial components are three-dimensional solids, and have intricate joint-work like in wood joints, in order to allow for a structural assembly. And then, if we look for a derivation of self similar variations, like changes in size and shape, would the joint-work stay the same but the rest of the form change, or would the whole component undergo evolution, being similar to the parent and proliferate into a certain number of child components. What are the consequences in transmitting structural loads, what about relationships and behaviors of these components?

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b) The other direction to be explored more in depth, is load bearing, structural stone. Here the design will deepen the potential of selected pattern geometries and develop a structural cladding system of particular cut stone blocks and slabs.

The research is supposed to establish or refine design rules according to the experiments with constraints of individual geometry, shape change, module size change, joint position and detail solution etc…
Reading:
-Mostafavi;
-Toyo Ito;
-Herzog & de Meuron

Assignm.:

Material selection & single component design (assembly and composition must be made clear and readable with additional drawings, renderings) & fabrication of one potential pattern application as load bearing façade and exterior wall cladding, which plays on the theme of light-filtering screens.

Print:
11/2x17” productsheets and 36x48” presentation sheets
Digital:
productsheets in .pdf in letter size, saved to the folder.