3 M - Pavilion

INTENT:

To make a form using origami as a method.

STAGE 1:

Trying different geometries using  a square paper with dimensions of 30x30 cms  to find 

the design with the most structural integrity.

the same geometry was then tried on a cloth of  80X80 cm by soaking the cloth in 5 tablespoons of corn starch in 3 cups of water. The thick paste was the

 applied on the cloth. Once the starch was dried it was again applied on the other side of the cloth. This stiffened the cloth more or less like a cartridge sheet.

 The geometry was drawn and the cloth was folded using the half-cut technique.

Final geometry with the desired height and span

STAGE 2:

Drawing the geometry on fiber glass -  50x50 cm 

STAGE 3:

Moving to a bigger scale of fiberglass - 350x350 cm. The same geometry was drawn on the sheet. 

Since the fiber glass is available only in 1 m height, 4 sheets of 3.5m length were jointed by overlapping 15 cm.

The folds were tapped and resin was applied.

STAGE 4:

After the first layer of resin was dried the next step was to apply random mesh. 

Wooden stencil was made to cut the shapes from random mesh, then these cut

 outs were carefully placed on the  fiber glass avoiding the fold edges. 

 The resin was applied over the random mesh cutouts by dabbing with a sponge

STAGE 5:

Once the random mesh layer was dried the tape was removed.

 Then the object was folded to get the following result

STAGE 6:

A set of UPVC pipes of length 80-90cms were added to the base

 of the structure to support the metal pipes.

to further lift the structure up.

STAGE 7:

A set of metal pipes of approx 10ft were inserted on the base

 to lift the structure upto a height of 2m.

resulting in a more open experience.

STAGE 8:

A set of concrete spheres were casted and added to the base

 of the metal pipes to support the structure, stopping them from sinking 

in the soil at the same time.

STAGE 9:

 The base metal pipes were cropped 1ft each to achieve the desired height,

resulting in a different user experience. 

and bricks were layered below to create a floor.