Our STIK dispenser has been developed, fabricated and serviced by the DDD team (dispenser design development) .
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Day 6 of Construction on Site
A few photos from our daily life at Obuchi Lab~
The lab before a wild pack of students messed it up with glue and chopsticks.
Beautiful autumn day at the university
Not only a home for us but also a space enjoyed by all; may it be the children playing around or the elderly coming to draw and paint, the university is always lively with people.
Our 1:1 mock up of one of the walls of the pavilion. Yes it can stand by itself. Unbelievable I know. Just look at that cantilever!
Construction has recently begun outside for the pavilion. Work is being undertaken down to the millimetre to assure complete success of this project.
Can’t wait to see it completed!
First base layer has been set. Anyone else is getting excited?
Here is the mock-up version of our 2014 Digital Fabrication Lab Research Pavilion currently shown at the Architectural Institute of Japan in Tokyo.
A look at the aggregation programming & simulation behind STIK
Initial simulations were run to determine maximum curvature achievable with the STIK system. Alteration of the dispensing angle, velocity, friction and adhesion were calculated in order to provide maximum cantilever.
Curvature test 2b
Curvature test 7c
Curvature test 1c
Curvature test 7a
Curvature test 7b
Some process shots of our installation at the AIJ (Architecture Institute of Japan) for the opening of this year’s Archi-neering Design Exhibition.
The construction of our Pavilion is starting on site. After a week of working on the footings, yesterday we began pouring the first chopsticks.
Concrete footings on site.
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Pouring chopsticks.
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1/8 part of the footprint has been poured with 15.000 chopsticks
(timelapse of panel printing and assembly)
Panel Printing with voxel projection mapping
(0.3m high)
Completed Panel
(1.0 m high)
Temporary panel supports
Full scale section
(~ 4m high)
Complete and free standing section
(~4m high, 1.6m cantilever)
Gearing up the new camera
Managing from the rooftops
Device in use
1:10 model being built
Scanning System
Books completed for the Exhibition
It’s been a while since we have posted here on our blog.
In the past 9 months, we have been busy developing our new design proposal for this year’s pavilion project which was developed in collaboration with Shimizu Corporation, one of Japan’s major construction company. In the coming days, we will upload images of our current activities and the past events.
Stay tuned.