Inventioneering Architecture: building a doubly curved section through Switzerland (2006)
article⁄Inventioneering Architecture: building a doubly curved section through Switzerland (2006)
abstract⁄Inventioneering Architecture is an exhibition of the four Swiss architecture schools that has been traveling the world during 200506. This doubly curved exhibition platform, resembling an abstract crosscut through Swiss topography, measures 40 by 3 meters. The authors proposed to assemble the hilly platform from 1000 individually curved rafters that were milled out of 40mm medium density fiberboard MDF. By implementing a continuous digital chain from the definition of the surface geometry in the CAD software Maya to the control of the fiveaxis CNCmill that manufactures the parts, production costs could be lowered significantly. The detailing was developed closely after the capabilities of a fiveaxis router. The platform is divided into 40 mm wide cross sections, each describing the upper surface path of one rafter. The milling tool follows this path and rotates around it at the same time, cutting out a so called ‘ruled surface’ that follows the topography of the platform both along and across the section. In order to meet the budget requirements, the crucial point was to automate the translation of the platform geometry into the geometry of the single parts and finally into the steering code GCode for the computer controlled mill.
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| Year |
2006 |
| Authors |
Schindler, C.; Braach, M.; Scheurer, F. |
| Issue |
Synthetic Landscapes |
| Pages |
544-545 |
| Library link |
Gregory A. Luhan, Phillip Anzalone, Mark Cabrinha & Cory Clarke, 2006. bib⁄Synthetic Landscapes. ACADIA. |
| Entry filename |
inventioneering-architecture |
