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AIRE ANCIENT BATHS

af Guillermo Vinagre

THE PROJECT APPROACH

af Javier Espinosa Gallardo

Unit: Urbanization & Urban Agriculture

af rebecca fisher

The directors of a property company are looking at whether they shouldconstruct a new office building. The economy is doing well, and the amount ofvacant office space is reducing sharply. As part of their decision they decide to use the 6 Thinking Hats te

af Serik Ayazhan

Research Projects

Fabric Formed Shells

Bending Active Frame formed

(Structural)

Vault Shell

(non structural)

Cocoon - 'curtain wall' system

Cable formed

Freestanding

Curtain Wall

Materials used for the creation of shells

Justification of ice as material analogue and construction experimentation for shell construction

Past precedents / future opportunities

BA Gridshells

Reinforcing

Post-tensioned gridshell

1:1 assembly & test

Post-tensioned spline

Digital test

1:1 tests

1:10 tests

design

precedent

Construction methods

Evolution of method

Modular

Cocoon (modular)

Vault Shell (scaffold)

Ice Bloom (quartered)

On the Road (flat to raised)

Design

PSL

History of PSL in structural design in natural and human made structures

Diagrid

Advantages/disadvantages

advantages for the creation of structural shells

Tests to run on 1:5 physical Model

Cables vs. non-cabled

Quadrangle vs. PSL

Rigid Shell (plaster)

Bending Active Frame

Ice Bloom model

Vault model

BA FF System

Conclusion

Discoveries found

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Projected opportunities

Challenges of system

Benefits of system

PROJECTS

1:5 Model

Load Test

Vault Test

Load Teset

post-tensioned cable system

Model scale tests

Full scale tests

Ice Bloom

rebuild and load test

failure - lessons learned

Constdruction

Exploration of PSL

Design process

Fabrigami

Form generation (folding vs. gravity formed origami)

Force Flow through panel assembly

Cables

Cocoon

elastic member strain guage testing

strategies for strengthening

application of ice testing

Erection sequence

deisgn process

Research Subjects

Construction Methods

Importance of physical modeling at a range of scales, each with specific purpose

translation from digital to physical (pre-assembly)

Erection sequences

Introduction of building tolerances

planning for failure / adjustments / mistakes

working with forces through material behaviour in real-time (usefulness of working with expressive materials)

Digital modeling

Techniques

PSL generation

accuracy and challenges

Form finding for BA frames

The exploration of various construction and design methodologies for physical models is a crucial aspect of contemporary architectural research. This involves the comparison of techniques using both cabled and non-cabled systems, particularly focusing on models like the Vault and Ice Bloom.