more from theverymany...

here's a few more images from Marc Fornes of theverymany, and his entry into the DRL10 pavilion competition. Marc is doing some fascinating generative geometries in RhinoScript. This entry explores the use of a Danzer Tile, which is an aperiodic tiling system. Check out his site for more. As seen in previous posts, Marc has generously been supplying us with coding support to help us automate the process of producing the documentation for our pavilion.

another DRL10 pavilion...

this one from Alvin Triestanto...

dpm pavilion

Plan & Elevations

here's another of the entries from the DRL10 competition. This one brought to you by Shajay Bhooshan, Brian C. Dale, Luis Fragada, and Victor Orive Garcia. Check out their images below, and Luis' Blog - LiveArchitecture.

Aerial Perspective

Perspective

Panel Fitness Optimization through MEL Scripting

a few of the other entries...

here's a few images of some of the other entries to the DRL10 pavilion competition. The finalists are also showcased on the DRL10 site.

if anyone knows of any other entries out there, please share!!

pre-judgement day at the AA

Marc Fornes

Paulo Ernesto Flores/Feng Xu

Yeygeniy Beylkin/Elif Erdine Baskin/Margarita Valova

Danilo Arsic

Carine Cohen/Britta Knobel

Ahmad Sukkar

Cesare GriffaDavide del Giudice/Massimiliano De Leo

Lucio Santos

Richad Wang/Stephen Wang

competition jury images...

here's some images of the jurors from the DRL10 competition from AAlog.net posted from last week.

The competition was judged by:
Wolfgang Rieder, CEO, Rieder Co.
Dr Maria Pixner, Head of Innovations management, Rieder Co.
Hanif Kara, Principal, Adams Kara Taylor Associates
Brett Steele, Director, Architectural Association
Charles Walker, Architect, Zaha Hadid Architects

"From the original list of 28 entries that qualified for consideration for the competition judging, DRL staff narrowed the list down to three finalists. The announcement of a winning scheme that will be erected next February in Bedford Square will be made this weekend at AADRL.net"

"God is in the Details"

"God is in the Details." - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Now I'm not religious, and I honestly don't know if Mies was or not. However, these words from the modernist master architect remind us that the purity and perfection of a design, lie in the beauty and elegance of it's details.

Here's a look at our first set of details from the competition stage. Not quite "God-ly", but we're working on them. The basic premise is that the entire pavilion is to be assembled by hand, with no mechanical fixings or connections. All joints are basic notch joints which slot into one another and are held together by flexing the sections into place. Neoprene gaskets are fitted in at each joint to compensate for tolerances and to help with friction.

which came first...the chicken or the egg?

"Form Follows Function" ...or do function(s) follow form??
the continous form of the pavilion transitions from horizontal flooring...to contoured seating...to counter top...to wall...to roof...and back. as the form mutates...so does the user interaction with the pavilion.

it begins...

Following the great news of the competition win, we now have to figure out how to build this thing. And do it within the very short time frame we have. And with a limited budget. and reasonable amount of material.

At the competition phase, we had 589 elements with over 7000 joints! We need to get those numbers down...and quickly.

7000 intersections = 7000 joints = 14000 neoprene shoes!!

So...we have started looking at reducing the density of the section profiles, and we are also looking at breaking the continuity of the cross sections as well. . Here's some images of the first version, with a material reduction of about 20%. This one is down to about 1900 intersections.


As you can see below, it's interesting to see how the density of the sections changes by your perspective. Both images are of the same density option, but are viewed from different positions.

[C]space wins the DRL10 pavilion competition!

It's official, the [C]space pavilion wins the drl10 pavilion competition!
The official statement from DRL10: "Alan Dempsey (DRL 2002) and Alvin Huang (DRL 2004) are the winners of DRL TEN Pavilion design competition. The winning design was chosen anonymously from 28 entries by invited jurors and was selected based on the following points: constructability within a tight schedule and budget, simplicity and elegant form, effective use of material, pavilion as a continuous extension of furniture to roof structure."

The pavilion opening is tentatively set for opening on Friday 22 February 2008 in Bedford Square, London. Watch this space to follow the design development of this structure...

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