FORCES OF NATURE//THE DISTORTED PARABOLA

The design follows methods used by Gaudi for his church projects. This specific approach involved hanging the chains upside-down, showing the most opportune rib disposition and letting the gravity determine the strongest shape for the future building. Use of Natural forces to balance or optimize the tensile structures is possible with the aid of interactive physics simulations.

The script is used to determine the structure of the ribs  based on three steps: the distribution of forces across the surface, the direction of the forces defines the direction of the ribs, and finally, the amount of force specifies the height of the rib. The thin shell deals with compression forces while the  beam-grid substructure resists bending of the shell. Each branch of the column is directed towards the center of gravity of the section of the vault that it is supposed to carry.

Project Developed at : Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalunya

TUTOR : RODRIGO AGUIRRE

ASSISTANT : DANIIL KOSHELYUK

STUDENT : KARISMA BHAGNANI