Spiral Pavilion

This is extracted from one of my presentation, a spiral structure that is derived from a "Zip" bent timber frame, stuffed by a compression element (blue) between the spiral (white), the structure can be erected on site like pulling open a spring.

The teeth bending script is separately done. The input is two tubular surface, one outer, one inner. The spiral rib is extracted by a spiraling UV location (eg: 1:1 , 2:2 , 3:3 ...). The definition of the rib is the distance between the two surface.

I've added some model photos below.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on November 17, 2010 at 7:24am

Nice project!

Permalink Reply by kleerkoat on November 19, 2010 at 6:38am

yeah, very very interesting!

Permalink Reply by nguyen van hiep on September 26, 2015 at 9:51am

you can share files gh?

Your project is great

thank you verymuch

Permalink Reply by Victor Leung on September 28, 2015 at 9:44pm

The zip script is shared on http://www.dreamationworks.com/post/2d-wood-bending-with-teeth-for-...

Permalink Reply by nguyen van hiep on September 28, 2015 at 11:37pm

cảm ơn rất nhiều

Permalink Reply by Riley Snyder on November 13, 2015 at 12:07pm

Hi Victor,

I have a question for you.

Would you conclude that the curvature factor helped the wood bend at sharper angles with more, smaller teeth? Or could the wood bend just as easily without the curvature factor, or with evenly spaced teeth?

Thank you and awesome project.

Permalink Reply by Victor Leung on November 13, 2015 at 12:49pm

Hi. Riley,

It was kind of an old project. I don't remember the conclusion much. But I think it does help.

Although the main limiting factor of the bending curvature is the skin thickness after the cut.

Permalink Reply by William H on December 1, 2015 at 11:43am

Nice work!

Would you share your definition?

Permalink Reply by Victor Leung on December 2, 2015 at 12:01pm

Thank you. The script is available on my website, see earlier comment reply.

Permalink Reply by William H on December 2, 2015 at 12:27pm

Thanks, Victor, I did after I posted. Do you know how well does Grasshopper work with multiple components loaded? You have Kangaroo in that one, right? Or something else? I have topopt and karamba on mine. Thanks again for sharing.

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