Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting

Pedro Azambuja De Varela; Timothy Merritt

Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting

Pedro Azambuja De Varela, Timothy Merritt

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Abstract

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and construction of CorkVault Aarhus, which was designed using parametric and physics simulation software and realized from ECA cork sheets cut using a CNC waterjet cutter. We recount the lessons learned through the intensive two-week workshop that explored the limits of the materials and tools through prototypes and culminated with the assembly of the final free-form vault structure. Various vaults and arch prototypes provided pedagogical and research value, building up knowledge essential to the final structure built, a human scale pavilion designed and built in three days and made of a thin shell of cork panels working only in compression. Three driving concepts were crucial to the experience: stereotomy as a supporting theory, expanded cork agglomerate (ECA) as the main material and water jet cutting as the principal means of fabrication. The complex vault shape called for precise 5-axis cuts supporting a new paradigm in building stereotomic components for architecture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias : Towards Continuous Designing
Editors	Marc Aurel Schnabel, Walaiporn Nakapan, Stanislav Roudavski, Sheng-Fen Chien, Mi Jeong Kim, Seungyeon Choo
Number of pages	10
Publisher	The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
Publication date	1 Jan 2016
Pages	767-776
ISBN (Electronic)	9789881902672
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, CAADRIA 2016 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 30 Mar 2016 → 2 Apr 2016

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, CAADRIA 2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	30/03/2016 → 02/04/2016

Keywords

Cork
Digital fabrication
Generative algorithm
Stereotomy
Waterjet

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De Varela, P. A., & Merritt, T. (2016). Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting. In M. A. Schnabel, W. Nakapan, S. Roudavski, S-F. Chien, M. J. Kim, & S. Choo (Eds.), CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing (pp. 767-776). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).

De Varela, Pedro Azambuja ; Merritt, Timothy. / Corkvault Aarhus : Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting. CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing. editor / Marc Aurel Schnabel ; Walaiporn Nakapan ; Stanislav Roudavski ; Sheng-Fen Chien ; Mi Jeong Kim ; Seungyeon Choo. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2016. pp. 767-776

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De Varela, PA & Merritt, T 2016, Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting. in MA Schnabel, W Nakapan, S Roudavski, S-F Chien, MJ Kim & S Choo (eds), CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), pp. 767-776, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, CAADRIA 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 30/03/2016.

Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting. / De Varela, Pedro Azambuja; Merritt, Timothy.
CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing. ed. / Marc Aurel Schnabel; Walaiporn Nakapan; Stanislav Roudavski; Sheng-Fen Chien; Mi Jeong Kim; Seungyeon Choo. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2016. p. 767-776.

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De Varela PA, Merritt T. Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting. In Schnabel MA, Nakapan W, Roudavski S, Chien S-F, Kim MJ, Choo S, editors, CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA). 2016. p. 767-776

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