XSHELL
PAPER SHELL MADE OF CELL UNIT
ELECTIVE COURSE, FALL '19, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
IN COLLABORATION WITH YU SUN, MENGYI YAN, AND JUNSIK OH
XSHELL
PAPER SHELL MADE OF CELL UNIT
ELECTIVE COURSE, FALL '19, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
IN COLLABORATION WITH YU SUN, MENGYI YAN, AND JUNSIK OH
This project explores the simplest way of constructing a doubly-curved shell structure - by setting the fabrication method based on planar manufacture, which can be achieved by CNC Routers or laser machines and using sheet materials like chipboard. The cellular unit was mapped and unrolled to planar folding and cutting lines, fabricated through tens of recycling chipboards within 2mm thickness. The whole fabricating process including cutting, folding, and assembling took only 5 days and 3 group members to complete the construction of this human-scale installation on the 3rd floor of Sibley Hall.
This project explores the simplest way of constructing a doubly-curved shell structure - by setting the fabrication method based on planar manufacture, which can be achieved by CNC Routers or laser machines and using sheet materials like chipboard. The cellular unit was mapped and unrolled to planar folding and cutting lines, fabricated through tens of recycling chipboards within 2mm thickness. The whole fabricating process including cutting, folding, and assembling took only 5 days and 3 group members to complete the construction of this human-scale installation on the 3rd floor of Sibley Hall.
TENSIONED WAVES
RESEARCH ABOUT PLASTIC MANUFACTURING
ELECTIVE COURSE, FALL '19, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
IN COLLABORATION WITH ADAM YUZHEN ZHANG
The systematic investigation of the plastic industry takes three stages. In the first stage we study a classic plastic house, our case is Kunststoffhauss FF 2000. In the second stage, we take a deep look at the traditional plastic manufacturing workflow, the linear manufacture. The final stage integrates the previous two and proposes an innovative manufacturing approach to produce minimal surface. combines the tensile shell structures to the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process to generate doubly curved structures that can be future used in residential houses. A reusable mold is designed to generate series of modules with the control point of the tip at different places. A 1:10 scale prototype is made to simulate the actual production where the polyester resin infuses the stitched fiberglass to form a rigid structural plane. The modular planes will be combined to accommodate different spaces in architecture design.