PARAMETRICS SUMMER 2017

PITCH: BUILDING BLOCKS PROJECT 2A

ARCHETYPE: COFFERED CEILING

Coffers are sunken ceiling tiles in a square or rectangular shape. For coffered ceilings, these tiles are surrounded on all sides by deep or shallow beams. A series of coffered ceiling tiles creates a decorative grid pattern on a ceiling.

COFFERED CEILING: TYPES : SQUARE

COFFERED CEILING: TYPES : HEXAGON

COFFERED CEILING: TYPES : TRIANGULAR

COFFERED CEILING: TYPES : DOME

COFFERED CEILING: OVERVIEW

COFFERED CEILING: PRECEDENTS: ST. PANCRAS CONCOURSE AT KING’S CROSS STATION, LONDON

COFFERED CEILING: PRECEDENTS: ST. PANCRAS CONCOURSE AT KING’S CROSS STATION, LONDON

COFFERED CEILING: PRECEDENTS: PUERTA DE SOL SUBWAY STATION, MADRID, SPAIN

SITE LOCATION A: INTERIOR DESIGN LOBBYTYPOLOGY: COLUMN COVER- VERTICAL- CEILING

SITE LOCATION B: INTERIOR DESIGN BUILDING ENTRANCE STAIRCASETYPOLOGY: COLUMN COVER- VERTICAL- CEILING

SITE STRATEGY: ANCHORING

SITE STRATEGY: SUSPENDING

TECHNIQUE: CROSS BRACING (CRISS-CROSS) AND LIGHT SCATTERING

MATERIAL: ACRYLIC

TECTONIC: EGG CRATING- RIVETS

GEOMETRIC DIAGRAMS: PATTERNING AND APERTURE DEFINITION

GEOMETRIC DIAGRAM

GEOMETRIC DIAGRAM

LOFTING SURFACE DIVIDE

GEOMETRIC DIAGRAM: CROSS PATTERNING

ANCHOR TO THE FLOOR

SUSPEND FROM THE CEILING

GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION