Reception with wall and twisted column element
Twisted column pattern
Open office space & dining area
Ruled oval table
"Red band" of objects and spaces flowing through the building
Two formwork faces that lead to drastically different material textures
Wooden formwork prototype assembly
Fish tail joint between twisted plywood planks in formwork
Wooden formwork prototype assembly
Wooden formwork Prototype
Glass fiber formwork prototype
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Muzquiz 15
Ruled Surface Construction with Concrete
An existing building was refurbished into a coworking space with a new program that forms a continuous sequence of concrete elements. The program is juxtaposed on the existing space through the use of red concrete and ruled surfaces.
A technique to fabricate ruled formwork was developed using thin plywood and minimal reinforcement ribs. The ruled surface is achieved by connecting plywood planks through a cross lap joint, allowing torsion on the planks. This technique was first tested in a set of initial prototypes and compared to other materials such as fiberglass composites. The resulting pattern on the built elements reveals the connections of the formwork.
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