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(2015) Advances in architectural geometry 2014, Dordrecht, Springer.
Gaudi's puffy jacket
a method for the implementation of fabric slump casting in the construction of thin-wall funicular vault structures
Iain Maxwell, Dave Pigram
pp. 61-77
This paper describes a method for the production of thin-wall funicular (compression-only) structures from unique double-curved concrete components via a novel slump casting technique. The technique deploys fabric formwork within simple two-dimensionally cut frames to enable the efficient production of the unique parts necessary to tessellate form-found funicular geometries. Through the realisation of a high-tech / low-tech ecology of production, the paper seeks the reestablishment of generative pathways between each domain in the design-to-production cycle: architecture, engineering and fabrication. The method and resulting case study pavilions are situated within the historical trajectory of architectural form finding, specifically, the realisation of masonry vault structures.
Publication details
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11418-7_5
Full citation:
Maxwell, I. , Pigram, D. (2015)., Gaudi's puffy jacket: a method for the implementation of fabric slump casting in the construction of thin-wall funicular vault structures, in P. Block, J. Knippers & W. Wang (eds.), Advances in architectural geometry 2014, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 61-77.
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