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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Gaudi's puffy jacket

a method for the implementation of fabric slump casting in the construction of thin-wall funicular vault structures

Iain MaxwellDave Pigram

pp. 61-77

Abstract

This paper describes a method for the production of thin-wall funicular (compression-only) structures from unique double-curved concrete components via a novel slump casting technique. The technique deploys fabric formwork within simple two-dimensionally cut frames to enable the efficient production of the unique parts necessary to tessellate form-found funicular geometries. Through the realisation of a high-tech / low-tech ecology of production, the paper seeks the reestablishment of generative pathways between each domain in the design-to-production cycle: architecture, engineering and fabrication. The method and resulting case study pavilions are situated within the historical trajectory of architectural form finding, specifically, the realisation of masonry vault structures.

Publication details

Published in:

Block Philippe, Knippers Jan, Wang Wenping (2015) Advances in architectural geometry 2014. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 61-77

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11418-7_5

Full citation:

Maxwell Iain, Pigram Dave (2015) „Gaudi's puffy jacket: a method for the implementation of fabric slump casting in the construction of thin-wall funicular vault structures“, In: P. Block, J. Knippers & W. Wang (eds.), Advances in architectural geometry 2014, Dordrecht, Springer, 61–77.