pattern & structure

Could these geometries now also be scaled from a product design level to building component structures?
Can those patterns be applied to non load bearing and then load bearing cladding systems with complex shapes?

infinite continuity
concept of the transformation process of a diagrammatic (figural) scheme into multi-scalar, multi-usable properties, achieving multidimensional structural configurations and instances that reappear as a repetition with variation.

STONE:
There are two directions, which form the basis of exploration in the next phases:

1.) one is a building envelope with non load bearing stone veneer surfaces, with or without compound curvature. Here the design research will elaborate a non-structural suspended cladding in stone experimenting with 3D patterns and their surfaces.

The research is supposed to establish or refine design rules according to the experiments with constraints of individual geometry, module size change (-weight for handling and installation), joint position with backup structure etc…

Reading:
Mostafavi, Surface Architecture
Detail:
-Bauen mit Naturstein (issue 2003/11)
-Hugues, Th., Detail Practice:Dressed stone, types of stone, details, examples

Assignm.:
research on cladding systems & steel support structures for detailing (either traditional steel anchors bolted to structural wall or clips with horizontal aluminium rails and vertical support profiles),

stone material selection & single component design & (assembly and composition must be made clear and readable with additional drawings, renderings) fabrication of one pattern application as a non load bearing suspended façade cladding, which could be a solid surface or dependent on the building position a perforated screen (which might be also back-illuminated to enhance the geometrical pattern in depth). The design description should clarify the number and size of different typical modules necessary to accommodate eventual edge conditions and varying lengths in building height as well as in width. The dry installation of the cladding should be explored in detail (1:10) with corresponding plan, section horizontal+ vertical and elevation, and 3D model detail. Section standard with 200mm reinforced concrete wall, 30mm mineral wool, 50mm ventilated cavity and stone thickness according to design requirements.

ref
http://www.claddiator.com

http://www.fischer.de/

http://www.halfen.de/

http://www.marmomacc.com

Print:
11/2x17” productsheets and 36x48” presentation sheets
Digital:
productsheets in .pdf in letter size, saved to the folder.
Fabricate: pattern scale model(s) 1:5