Preperations for Investigation Box

Investigation Box

·As drawn an rendered in Rhino ·

Screens

· Movement/attachment studies ·

Todays notes

· Screen design & configuration ·

Diagrams / collages

· of the "final" structure - tension & light ·

· Membrane shading ·

Sketchmodels

· Ankerpoints ·

>>>Lasercutting rhombus elements 

Probelapse_Wind·Frost

· Structures of Probe 3 exposed to wind & frost at the same time ·

Probelapse_Wind·Rotation

· Structures of Probe 3 in perception of valley wind conditions ·

Probelapse_Turbolence(local)

· Structures of Probe 2 in a turbolence box ·

NATURE OF A STRUCTURE
We found that a sheet structure of a solid material like cardboard or wood , will have a hard time reacting to the wind and will not be as dynamic as we are looking for. It will have to be dictated by a kind of movable joints (hinges), and that condition would not leave much space for our structural principle to get into play.

We decided to start new investigations, using fabric as the new sheet base, because it is lighter and much more able to react to wind. On this base we build up diagrids, that will give tectonic qualities to the structures once frozen. The structures will hopefully then be grid structures with a "concrete-like" reinforcement of ice, apparently inspired by the Glass Pavillion by Bruno Taut, and express a phenomena dictated nature like the work of Heinz Isler.

ACUESTAREIG (2011) Heinz Isler Ice Structures, safety third. <http://safetythird.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/heinz-isler-ice-structures/> [accessed: 22 October 2013]

PRECISION OF PARAMETERS ect.

TITLE
Transitions // dynamic><static conditions

LOCATION

The valley Horgardalur - nearest city: Akureyri

At wintertime the temperature will apparently always be below the freezing point which will make the timespans of dynamic and static conditions about equal, with the whole winter as the "special event".  Furthermore in a valley we will have quite great chances of turbulence and thereby structural changes in lots of different directions, that hopefully will create relatively unimaginable architectural qualities.

TIME-FRAME

12 months

STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLE

Planes in diagrid

The planes will be connected with jet undefined joints, following diagrid rules, but if possible likely challenges them. This set of rules still gives us lots of ground for further investigation and decisions: Levels of flexibility in both JOINTS and the MATERIAL itself. Which visual experiences will different uses of materials endorse? If nature of the CLADDING must be kept within the borders of the plane-grid or make further spatial conditions of its own. Must the cladding serve as a mechanical medium for the wind to change the structure or should it react freely? How far will we even dictate the architecture to its frozen positions? Do we want certain qualities or do we aim for the structure show us what is possible?

Windlapse_2.1.5

· Dynamic_ / Static_ structure affected by Wind // Rotation ·

Windlapse_1

· Dynamic structure affected by the Wind // Expansion ·

1st Page in The Book

· Parameters ·

>>>Definding the parameters of a phenomenon

US Pavillion // Economic Hot Houses

· ZigZagBook of Phase 2 ·