Starting from the fine art of japanese wooden joinery that has always been about the symbiosis of function and beauty we will design and fabricate a Lusthaus in the form of a skeletal timber structure. We are interested in reinterpreting traditional wood joining techniques with today’s available digital tools in fabrication and design. Over the course of the semester we will be using ABB Robot IRB 140 equipped with a milling head to build big scale prototypes. The goal is to exploit the latest design and fabrication techniques for skeleton timber structures. Investigate in the tectonics of wooden structures and rethink traditional wooden joining techniques. Over the course of the semester we will be working on an industrial robot to produce the individual components (milling, drilling). Producing prototypes within several production sessions the students will learn how to prepare 3d data for the robot, how to generate milling paths, how to generate robot code and how to operate the robot. The feedback from working with the robot should highly influence the design and vice versa.
The inspiration for the „Cocoon“ were empty insect nests. We were fascinated by the structures of the cocoon due to its bionic construction on the rough outside, while having a smooth structure on the inside and its sheltered behavior. This difference and interaction between inside and outside with its created space in a distorted sphere-shape became our thread. In the first step we rebuilt the rugged surface with the clay model to get an overall idea of scale and massiveness. This massive model led to the decision to focus on a light geometric structure and a modular system when creating the digital model for the wooden beam structure. We tried different kinds of models based on parametrized geometric forms, to optimize the „Cocoon’s“ system. Outer and inner structure, scale, height, inner space and usability were the main factors which led to our final design. This design consists of three rings on the outer surface on top of each other. Each ring has one inner and one outer ring, horizontal twisted and vertical tilted. This creates overlaps which give the „Cocoon“ a strong structure and appearance, while maintaining a light impression at the same time. There are two different kinds of joints in the „Cocoon“. Four beams coming together for connecting the rings on top of each other and overlaps of two beams within the rings itself. The inside has a column made out of rings as well, which continues this system of four beam joints. Different densities within the wooden beam mesh, while keeping the same system, create an interaction and contrast between inside and outside.
Teachers: Urs Hirschberg, Florian Fend, Martin Kaftan
Guest Teachers: Elmar Hess (HESS Engineers)
Student Assistants: Theresa Rosina Fink, Julian Jauk
Students: Primoz Brglez, Julia Bruckmüller, Xaver Burkart, Michael Deutsch, Lukas Gosch, Sabrina Patricia Kullmaier, Paul Christoph Lindheim, Stefan Neuman, Daniel Plazza, Victoria Postlmayr, Georg Scherrer, Christoph Thambauer, Corinna Wassermann, Lukas Wokatsch, Nusa Zupanc, Sayna Abbasaliyan
Photos: Simon Oberhofer
Kuanzia sanaa nzuri ya usanifu wa mbao wa Kijapani, ambayo daima imekuwa juu ya ushirikiano wa kazi na uzuri, tutaunda na kutengeneza Lusthaus katika fomu ya muundo wa mbao ya mifupa. Sisi ni nia ya reinterpreting jadi mbao kuungana mbinu na leo inapatikana zana digital katika utengenezaji na kubuni. Katika kipindi cha miezi miwili, ABB Robot IRB-140 itafanya kazi kwa kasi na kwa kasi. Lengo ni kutumia mbinu za kisasa za kubuni na kutengeneza miundo ya mbao. Uchunguzi katika tectonics ya miundo ya mbao na kufikiria upya jadi mbao kujiunga mbinu. Katika kipindi cha muhula tutakuwa tukifanya kazi kwenye roboti ya viwanda ili kutengeneza vipengele vya mtu binafsi (kuchimba, kuchimba). Katika kipindi cha majaribio ya kwanza, wanafunzi watajifunza jinsi ya kuandaa data ya 3D kwa ajili ya robot, jinsi ya kuzalisha njia za kusaga, jinsi ya kuzalisha code ya robot na jinsi ya kuendesha robot. Maoni kutoka kufanya kazi na robot inapaswa sana ushawishi wa kubuni na kinyume chake. Msukumo wa <unk>Cocoon<unk> ulikuwa viota vya wadudu visivyo na kitu. "Tulivutiwa na muundo wa kiota kwa sababu ya ujenzi wake wa bionic nje, wakati wa kuwa na muundo laini ndani na tabia yake ya ulinzi. """ Tofauti hii na mwingiliano kati ya ndani na nje na nafasi yake iliyoundwa katika umbo la mduara uliopotoka ikawa thread yetu. Katika hatua ya kwanza tulijenga upya uso mgumu na mfano wa udongo ili kupata wazo la jumla la kiwango na wingi. Mfano huu mkubwa ulisababisha uamuzi wa kuzingatia muundo mwepesi wa kijiometri na mfumo wa moduli wakati wa kuunda mfano wa dijiti kwa muundo wa mhimili wa mbao. Tulijaribu aina tofauti za mifano kulingana na parametrized maumbo ya kijiometri, kuboresha "Cocoon"s" mfumo. Muundo wa nje na wa ndani, kiwango, urefu, nafasi ya ndani na matumizi yalikuwa mambo makuu ambayo yalisababisha muundo wetu wa mwisho. Muundo huu una pete tatu kwenye uso wa nje juu ya kila mmoja. Kila pete ina pete moja ya ndani na moja ya nje, iliyojipinda kwa usawa na kupinduliwa wima. Hii inajenga overlaps ambayo kutoa <unk>Cocoon<unk> muundo imara na kuonekana, wakati kudumisha hisia mwanga kwa wakati mmoja. Kuna aina mbili tofauti za viungo katika <unk>Cocoon<unk>. Beams nne kuja pamoja kwa kuunganisha pete juu ya kila mmoja na overlaps ya beams mbili ndani ya pete yenyewe. Ndani ina safu iliyofanyizwa kwa pete pia, ambayo inaendelea mfumo huu wa viungo vinne vya beam. Ukaribu tofauti ndani ya mesh ya mbao, wakati wa kuweka mfumo huo huo, kuunda mwingiliano na tofauti kati ya ndani na nje. Mwalimu: Urs Herschel, Florian Fend, Martin Kaftan, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar Hess, Elmar