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The presentation of the project included three panels and a video. The first panel included a diagrammatic overview of the project’s process in time, following the work of each one of the 5 work groups and emphasizing on important moments of meetings, decisions or overlapping pieces of work. The second one gave a different aspect of this process in time by demonstrating mostly the side of human interaction and collaboration. The third one was dedicated to the final project, with combined information on the parametric nature of it and images of the fabrication process as well as the dome itself. Special thanks to Kris and Agata for their help with the layout.

For this dome the intention was to create a self supported sructure with a simple system of joints based on assemblage of plannar sections in diferent angles.

The development of every single piece of this scale model dome came directly from Top Solid, since all the joints system is part of the main component; we constructed a perfect half sphere dome to try the joints and structure before generating new forms. We realized that the thickness of the material should be taken in consideration because it influences the accuracy of the whole model.

This proposal is made out of individual planar surfaces which are being connected through tabs with plastic bands creating a fast assembly system.

The system of identical connectors seemed to work, although some other tryouts were made with different materials than cardboard. Until this time we were still working on the efficiency of the assemblage and trying to reduce these secondary elements.

By creating individual cells and using a triangulated pattern, this tryout is showing the idea of having a cardboard surface, since we calculated the estimated time for laser cut, the cardboard seems a very good option because it is fast and has the possibility to bend itself, leaving us the issue to connect each piece.

For this test we used in the first place plastic bands to join each face together, this made the corners inaccurate, so we implemented a system of assemblage in which every single cell is connected between itself like a puzzle, and the connections between cells is solved by identical connectors made of cardboard which also make possible to disassemble it at any given time and take it somewhere else.

This joint is constructed with identical pieces that could remain or not like this. Each panel would be on top or above the other creating the curvature this time adjusted by screws; the outcome was that we were using a light material in comparison with the screws used for joining it together. We realize that it was more important to have a structure in which all the elements, the panels and the joints could work evenly.