Parool

2574

The project explores the possibility of using the hygroscopic behaviour of veneer to obtain, components, to be used in a system, for a Railway platform in Ahmedabad.Due to the water retention capacity of veneer paper, the component rises to a certain height where it is freezed by locking.Three different variations with two different target environmental conditions to be produced within them are set out. Once the system parameters and the limitations and drivers for the aggregation of such components are identified, the different environmental conditions are obtained either via different voids sizes and/or giving different parameters to the rising edge. Proliferation of the components is a step by step process where each stage of growth is re-evaluated against shading performance and visibility. Structural analysis of the system is carried out only at the last stage of the proliferation and the creation of a feedback loop for the structural analysis to inform the growth of the components is intended for future developments of the project. Other future developments include a more detailed design of the finger joints within each component, as well as a detailed construct sequence. It is understood that the sequence in which these components are erected might indeed affect the possibilities for self supporting structure. Finally, the project has succeded in providing an alternative way to produce easy to assemble,multi-zone adapting structure for a railway platform.