| id |
caadria2016_767 |
| authors |
De Azambuja Varela, Pedro and Timothy Merritt |
| year |
2016 |
| title |
CorkVault Aarhus: exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.767
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| source |
Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2016) / Melbourne 30 March–2 April 2016, pp. 767-776 |
| summary |
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and construc- tion of CorkVault Aarhus, which was designed using parametric and physics simulation software and realized from ECA cork sheets cut using a CNC waterjet cutter. We recount the lessons learned through the intensive two-week workshop that explored the limits of the mate- rials and tools through prototypes and culminated with the assembly of the final free-form vault structure. Various vaults and arch proto- types provided pedagogical and research value, building up knowledge essential to the final structure built, a human scale pavilion designed and built in three days and made of a thin shell of cork pan- els working only in compression. Three driving concepts were crucial to the experience: stereotomy as a supporting theory, expanded cork agglomerate (ECA) as the main material and water jet cutting as the principal means of fabrication. The complex vault shape called for precise 5-axis cuts supporting a new paradigm in building stereotomic components for architecture. |
| keywords |
Stereotomy; generative algorithm; digital fabrication; waterjet; cork |
| series |
CAADRIA |
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| full text |
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