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Volume. AADRL material workshop.
Volume. AADRL material workshop.
DATE: 2013
PROGRAM: First part of MArch, material workshop
THEME: Minimal surfaces, plaster and lycra tension/compression behaviour
UNIVERSITY: AADRL (Architectural Association, Design Research Laboratory), London, UK
PROGRAM: First part of MArch, material workshop
THEME: Minimal surfaces, plaster and lycra tension/compression behaviour
UNIVERSITY: AADRL (Architectural Association, Design Research Laboratory), London, UK
TEAM: Dmytro Aranchii [Ukraine], Yuqiu Jiang [China], Ilia Pereiaslavtsev [Russia]
TUTOR: Mostafa El Sayed
STUDIO: Theodore Spyropoulos Studio
AADRL material workshop [part of 2013-15 MArch course] was related to material tension/compression experimentations with lycra as an envelope and plaster as a filing substance resulting in natural minimal surfaces and volumes respectively. Specific agenda was directed towards volumetric modular structure creation, which hence had to be cast in one turn as a solid assembly.
TUTOR: Mostafa El Sayed
STUDIO: Theodore Spyropoulos Studio
AADRL material workshop [part of 2013-15 MArch course] was related to material tension/compression experimentations with lycra as an envelope and plaster as a filing substance resulting in natural minimal surfaces and volumes respectively. Specific agenda was directed towards volumetric modular structure creation, which hence had to be cast in one turn as a solid assembly.
Evolution of model
Plaster, lycra and threads
Medium scale aggregation: 3 modules combined seamlessly
Sequence of aggregation assembly
Minimal surface (inside spacial frame) simulation
Rigid outer structure
Distribution of stitching points
Plaster cast sample
Aggregation process: modular frame, fabric surfaces, plaster cast
Cast is ready to dry
Prepared void becomes a volume
“Alien” casting in the Hook Park in more than 100 miles from London
