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Computational · Timber · Node detailing
01 / Shape
02 / Form
03 / Sun attractor
04 / Connections in this pavilion
Overview

The model starts as a cube and can be morphed into the Sun Pavilion's catenary barrel. Either shape is passed through System Tubes and built in glulam timber with wicker and photovoltaic flaps. Wherever two members meet, System Tubes' cutting logic decides which one runs through and which one is cut. The connections that come out of this repeat across the whole pavilion. Click a marker on the model to open one.

Primary
Glulam ribs120 × 280 · runs through
Secondary
Glulam stiffeners + edges100 × 180 · 160 × 240
Infill
Wickerwoven, inset in each triangle
Skin
PV flapsdriven by the sun attractor

Node
ConnectionsFour joints

Four joints build the whole pavilion. Each detail is generated from the model above. The member angles are read from the actual node on the current shape, so they update when you change the form. Use Explode to pull the parts apart.

Source project · with Noor Hajj
Sun Pavilion
Source project
System Tubes
The geometry is a browser reconstruction for illustration. Section sizes and fixings are indicative and have not been structurally designed.