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TimberTectonicsintheDigitalAgeWalker’s PORTFOLIOPROFESSORSMARIAPAOLARIGGIOANDNANCYYEN-WENCHENGSPRING2018
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Casestudy:FormbySwimmingPool
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LookingPre-tensioningofMassTimberSpecifically
Writer’swords:“Thebottomchordsofthetrussesincludedafacilitytopretensionthetrusstoremovedeadloaddeflectionandsagfromthetierods."
I’massumingthewriterwasreferringtothesteelcablesasthe“bottomchords”.I’mquitefamiliarwithpre-tensionedconcrete,whichhasthetensioningfiberswithin,butuntilnowIneverrealized(nowitseemssoobvious)thatyoucouldexternallypre-tensiontimberbeamslikethis
BeamsandColumns
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BEAMSANDCOLUMNS
Tamedia Builidng
Thisbuildingopenedmyeyestothepossibilitiesofmasstimber,inthisstructuretheentirestructuralshell(columnsandbeams)aremadeoftimber.Inandelegant,sexyandfunctionaldesign.
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RHINO/GH
WiththisexperimentIwantedtolookattrusseswhilealsoexplorethemeshfunction.Asyoucansee,afterloadingthemesh“road”surfacesdroopbelowthetrussframe.Istruggledtotryandhavethebottomcordoftheframeacttogetherwiththemeshroadsurface,butIwillhavetocontinuetoexperiment.
framesandtrusses
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framesandtrusses
TimberTrusseshavebeenusedformillenniatospangaps.Theycontinuetobeastrategicsolutiontomaximizetheabilitiesofthewoodenmaterial
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TheWinterGarden,Sheffield
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Thesemassive1/2archeswereprefabricatedandthenbroughtonsite,onlyrequiringa4mancrewtoerect.ThroughtheuseofLargespanningarchesthatarepre-fabricated,repetitivepiecesconstructiontimeandcostscanbegreatlyreduced.
archesanddomes
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Rhino/GHexperiment2
Thismodelisn’tfullydeveloped.Istruggledtocreatemeshesbetweenthecurvestoformthearches.Mygoalistoputasurfaceloadonthe“road”thatflowsthroughthecontactpointsdownthroughthearchesdownthroughthecolumnstothesupports
archesanddomes
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Shells&GridShells
MannheimBundesgartenschauMultihalle
MannheimBundesgartenschau Multihalle`
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Shells&Gridshells
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platesandfoldedplates
Meyeratal.CAADFutures
Asdigitalstructuraldesigncontinuestoevolvewewillseemoreandmorecomplexshapesinstructures.Throughtheuseofparametricdesignfromtheconceptstagetofabrication,theprecisionandefficiencywillonlyincrease.Formsthatarebothaestheticallycomplex&appealingalsoarefunctional.
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Reflection
AsIlearnedaboutMasstimberthroughiscoursemanyideasformedinmyheadforourpaviliondesign.Onethingthathelpedguidemystructuraldecisionswerethehybridmarriageofsteelandtimbertogetamazingresults.Usingthestrengthsofeachtocreateandevenmorebeneficialsystem.
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