11 FRAC CENTRE by MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™

Posted by maxx on Jul 17, 2011 in Design | 0 comments

“Architectures for Unlikely Futures…”

Design team: Marc Fornes (principal), Jon Becker, Peter Nguyen
Development & prototypes: Marc Fornes, Peter Nguyen, Jeff Quantz, Claudia Corcilius
Custom computation protocols: Marc Fornes in Python / Rhinocommon
CNC Cutting: Plastik Banana /Bradeson Brinton +Shawn Komlos, Chris Hone, Alan Hurst

SIZE:

10+ m long, 6m large, 4.5m high ( 30? * 18? *15? )

NUMBERS:

- 269,991 square inches (1875 square feet) Surface Area
- 155 780 holes (CNC drilled)
- 9 325 texts (CNC engraved)
- 6 367 stripes (CNC cut)
- 570 single components (CNC cut)
- 75 000 white aluminum rivets
- 145 sheets 4*8 (2/2.5 hours machining)
- 40 modules pre-assembled
- 4 weeks pre-assembly

SUPPORT:

- McNeel (Rhino3D, RhinoPython, Rhinocommon)
- TDM Solutions (RhinoNest)
- VRay (for Rhino)