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Minimal Surface - Blue Thing
Minimal Surface - Blue Thing
Troy, NY, United States
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Minimal Surface - Blue Thing
Troy, NY, United States
Minimal Surface ModelingExperimentation with Minimal Surface Modeling, Fabrication, and assemblyThe minimal surface structure is attached to the Folsom Library (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York) through the use of fasteners placed in the concrete tie backs left from the construction process of the library. The form was modeled from rough geometric shapes and then a minimizing script was applied to the surface between the constraint points. The fabrication technique used involved modeling, splitting, unrolling, flattening, laser cutting and sewing; each process was aided through a digital information model. These steps were aided in various ways by the information model, in the end, making the fabrication and assembly a streamlined process. The fabrication was unique in that the cut sheet allowed large pieces to be continuously fabricated, some measuring 12’x4’, aiding in the assembly and material optimization along with keeping with the properties of minimal surface modeling.
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