Held in Changsha, China, and supported by Hunan University’s School
of Architecture, the ‘Digital Architecture Laboratory’ (DAL) is designed
as an intensive workshop, led by invited design and architecture
professionals to expose students to the integration of
computationally-driven fabrication techniques.
The program was organized around the concept of ‘aggregated
porosity’, an exploration of dynamically changing density and the lines
of intersection between skeletons and solids.
The invited tutors for ‘Aggregated porosity’ are Suryansh Chandra of Zaha Hadid Architects and Shuojiong Zhang of UN Studio, who
were asked to propose a design scheme aligned with the workshop’s theme
and that could provide shade and fit in a volume of 3 x 3 x 6 meters.
Students in the program shared the same brief, and created their own
design prototypes at 1:1 scale in addition to assisting in constructing
‘DAL canopy’.
The canopy’s foundation is a 40x40mm L-section steel frame anchored to a wall, to which a grid of laser-cut plywood
pieces are secured. steel cable mesh is attached to this grid, and
custom joints are used to affix the individual wooden hexagonal
panels (also laser-cut) to the mesh, where they can be adjusted by hand
and gravity into their desired position.
The design of the canopy itself involved manipulation and refinement
in modeling programs. Using an orthogonal grid, the basic L-shape of a
structure that could provide shade was curved to build in a bench for
seating and then modified to offer an organic-like form. This original
surface grid is then used to generate a hexagonal array of panels, each
diverse in form as determined by the computer model, and each
constrained at three of their points but open at three
others, permitting the creation of opening and curves. The largest
panels are inset with triangular holes to preserve the continuity of the
wooden mesh.
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