Pending Structures
Valentin Bontjes Van Beek

Intermediate - Winter 2012

Second Floor Back-
32 Bedford Square
Wednesdays 2-5pm

 

Is there beauty in the tight fit? Where lies the detail? We will design and build structures at a 1:1 scale and deploy them in a public area of the AA. The constructions will address sculptural, utilitarian and structural qualities to challenge the permeability and inhabitation of a space within a space. The Pending Structure will be of a parasitic nature, opportunistic but not hostile. We will design in model and only use drawings to instruct cutting devices (laser cutter, CNC milling). Our preferred construction material is 12mm ply wood. The final structure should be considerably light and fabricated only on the CNC mill. Each piece is pre-cut, not larger then a man can carry. The jointing technique is biscuit joining and where needed (black) drywall screws. Depending on this year's CNC demand we will take a trip to Hooke Park to fabricate our pieces. The Pending Structure should be beautiful and consider issues of independence and integration in to a space - a measured ratio of directionality and porosity. Every other session will start with a short seminar supporting the design and construction process of each group.

 

Course
Photo Credit: Sue Barr
  • Session 1: Wednesday 11th Jan:

  • -Introduction to the course - Groups
    -The Screen: scaled modelling exercise
    -Presentation of previous years’ work

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  • Session 2: Wednesday 18th Jan:

  • -Presentation: introduction of initial design ideas
    -Modeling techniques
    -Site!

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  • Session 3: Wednesday 25th Jan:

  • -Group tutorials
    -Surface, signage, lighting
    -Movement and negotiation

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  • Session 4: Wednesday 1st Feb:

  • -Individual tutorials
    -Structure, economy, redundancies
    -3D model - physical and virtual

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  • Session 5: Wednesday 15th Feb:

  • -Fabrication
    -Material size, cutting tools, timing

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  • Session 6: Wednesday 22nd Feb:

  • -Group tutorials
    -Fabrication
    -Documentation of design process

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  • Session 7: Wednesday 29th Feb:

  • -Group tutorials
    -Fabrication
    -Mockup Submission

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  • Session 8: Wednesday 7th Mar:

  • -Course Submission

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  • Friday 9th Mar:

  • -Department Submission

  • Enrolled Students


  • Vasilis Argyropoulos
    Naz Atalay
    Norine Yin Lok Chu
    Noel Drangu
    Marianna Filippou
    Andrew Hum
    Thomas King
    Yan Qin

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