It’s done!
Advanced Design Studies Blog: Critical Mass
Category: Pavilion
All in a days work…
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Here are some highlight images from yesterday’s constructions of our pavilion project. We are currently adjusting some components and installing furniture pieces inside. More images will be uploaded later once all is finished by the end of today.
Having recently completed the inflation of all stainless steel components, and the attaching of reinforcement plates to critical corners established through structural analysis simulations, the pavilion team has shifted gears to begin connecting the components to the tension cables we fabricated earlier in the month. This task has proved particularly challenging due to the bulk of the assembly and stiffness of the components and cables. Our goal is to have the attaching phase completed ahead of Obayashi’s visit to install the base ring element which connects the pavilion shell to the foundation.
On the other front, bench construction nears completion. In the coming days we will bring the modules outdoors in order to determine their fit against the physical conditions on site, then stain and seal the wood.
The exhibition featuring our forthcoming pavilion is now on display at the Engineering Building #11 at the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo through December 7th.
Exhibition
Open： Weekday only, 7:00 – 19:00 (free of charge)
Location: Department of Architecture, Engineering Building No.11, Lobby on 1st Floor
Opening Reception
Date: Sunday, November 24th, 17:00 – 19:00
Location: Department of Architecture, Engineering Building No.11, 1st Floor Lobby (free of charge)
1:3 mock-up of the G30 Summer Pavilion is on display at Architectural Institute of Japan(AIJ) for Archieering Design Exhibition 2013. This event was organized to connect architecture and structural engineering design. The mock-up will be exhibited until Nov. 22th.
With less than two weeks until the Obayashi company arrives on campus with crane to complete the final pavilion assembly, first year students have been focused and busy producing the various parts and pieces of the pavilion. The assembly of the tension cables finished last week, and attention has been shifted to laser-cutting the plywood pieces for the interior furniture elements, and hydro-inflating the stainless steel compressive components as they arrive from the fabricator in batches of 34, every two days.
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| Bolt insertion prior to crimping |
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| Laser-cut template for cable fabrication |
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| Team working outdoors on dual water inflation jigs |
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| Hooking up the water line. |
Back in Tokyo, the pavilion team from Obayashi Co. came to Obuchi Lab for a progress meeting.
Prof Obuchi and Toshi went to the fabrication shop in Toyohashi near Toyota Motor factory to review the progress on the fabrication process of our pavilion’s components. In collaboration with Tsukasa Takenaka of AnS Studio, the components have been developed in order to be fabricated by the Kuka’s robotic arm attached with a laser cutter and welder. Once welding is done, the component was inflated by a hydraulic pump.
Here is a composite image of the assembly process of 1:3 mock-up. The sequence of events was first simulated with grasshopper and kangaroo during the design development.
