HygroScope: Rear Side

HYGROSCOPE – METEOROSENSITIVE MORPHOLOGY
Achim Menges in collaboration with Steffen Reichert, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012

PROJECT TEAM

Achim Menges Architect, Frankfurt
Prof. Achim Menges, Steffen Reichert, Boyan Mihaylov
(Project Development, Design Development)

Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Achim Menges, Steffen Reichert, Nicola Burggraf, Tobias Schwinn with Claudio Calandri, Nicola Haberbosch, Oliver Krieg, Marielle Neuser, Viktoriya Nikolova, Paul Schmidt
(Design Development, Scientific Development, Robotic Fabrication, Assembly)

Transsolar Climate Engineering, Stuttgart
Thomas Auer, Daniel Pianka
(Climate Engineering)

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Location: Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012

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Comment by Shawn on July 9, 2012 at 1:55am: fantastic

Comment by Hooman Homayooni on July 7, 2012 at 4:40pm: magnificent!!

Comment by zahra afzali on May 20, 2012 at 1:42pm: great job. could u pls tell more about material test and parameters?

Comment by Boyan Mihaylov on May 5, 2012 at 7:19am: The concept development, material tests and calibration of the material parameters took about 3 months, the whole production planning and the actual fabrication and assembly (including the climate box) then took another 3 months.

It's important to say that there was quite a lot of previous research on the reactive veneer elements by Steffen Reichert before this project. This project, however, was a significant achievement in terms of the global morphology that could be achieved with the system.

Comment by Liya on May 5, 2012 at 7:04am: very impressive, how long you've developed?

Comment by Tanzir Ahmed on May 3, 2012 at 5:03am: VERY NICE!

Comment by cbass on April 27, 2012 at 6:08pm: The logic/joining of your elements is a refreshing break from the clichéd constraints of the 2 1/2 D laser-cut world. What's more, I don't often see such varied use of materials and techniques. Your construction is mesmerizing ;-) Thanks!

Comment by Boyan Mihaylov on April 27, 2012 at 2:57pm: The load-bearing structure was milled by a 6-axis KUKA KR 125/2 industrial robot, whereas the reactive veneer elements were cut with a ZUEND cut-plotter. The structure consists mainly of plywood, except for the polygon fields, which were milled out of UREOL-blocks (a hard synthetic foam, specially used for prototypes).