joint details

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

joint details

We've made some progress on the joint detials over the last week. The two models we were looking at use silicone gaskets to provide a cushion between the interlocking profiles and here are the two mock-ups back from the RP lab. Thanks to Jeroen for all his help.

After a design team meeting, we've decided to go with the second option because it can deal with a variation in angles in two planes; it acts as a rotational stiffener once in place, and it will provide a locking resistance against vertical shear.

The assembly process has been reduced to a minimum - a pair of gaskets will be bonded to the notches on the primary concrete profile in advance. On site, the cross profile will be inserted and then the remaining pair of gaskets can be mechanically fixed with one pin each to lock the joint together.

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ALAN DEMPSEY

Alan Dempsey studied at the Architectural Association, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, and Dublin Institute of Technology. He has worked with Farjadi Architects, OCEAN, Future Systems and is a founding director of NEX, a London based architecture and design office with international projects.

He was an undergraduate unit master at the AA until 2005 and has been an invited critic at universities in the UK and Europe. His work has been widely published in the US, Europe and Asia and he is currently a director of the FAB research cluster at the AA, which facilitates research projects on novel design and fabrication technologies.

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ALVIN HUANG

Alvin Huang is the founding Director of SYNTHESIS. He is an award-winning designer and educator specializing in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice.

Prior to forming SYNTHESIS, he was a founding director of London-based architectural practice AL_A. He has also worked for Future Systems, Zaha Hadid Architects, and DMJM Design (AECOM).

Alvin received a Masters of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (2004) and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California (1998).

Huang has taught design studios at the Architectural Association / Tsinghua University Global School in Beijing and at the Chelsea College of Art in London. He has been an invited critic and guest lecturer at various universities and institutions in the UK, US, Germany, Spain, Israel, Switzerland and China.

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