SQUISH'D_COMPOSITES
The project explored the renewed relevance of the joint and the seam in contemporary composite construction.The seminar investigated traditional Japanese wood carpentry for its complex structural joinery free of hardware, as a model for building with large, lightweight composite components. The aim was to produce alternatives to the aesthetically homogenizing, and often operationally unattainable, smoothness associated with composite tectonics.Robots were used to fit and fasten components together, using multi-step processes involving locking, keying, friction-fitting, and gluing. Ultimately, the goal was to explore a massive scaling-up of building components toward integrated chunks and away from panel systems, and to fundamentally reconsider the delivery and assembly chains that might support such a shift.
SCI-Arc 2014_Instructor_Tom Wiscombe
Robotics Lab: Jake Newsum & Curime Batliner
Partners_Cheng Lu & Nikita Troufanov