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CASE STUDY ON HALFLECTURE 0

Location: Osaka, Japan


Design:

Series of restrooms for local residents and tourists.

Corten is the type of steel used.

Undefined entrances that appear in the spaces between fixed objects

 

Material:

The rusted feel of the structure blends well with the environment.

Weathering steel plate is used for primary structure, roof and wall.

The steel alloy will oxidize, becoming a passive barrier against further corrosion.

Monolithic structural system with fasteners.

The booths also contain glistening porcelain, stone, and metal finishes

 

Characteristics:

The roof is made of thick steel plates that are welded into a single plane using continuous welds.

It spans 125 times its thickness.

The steel plates that support the roof are stable triangulated frames.


CASE STUDY ON ARTIST’S STUDIO IN ABERYSRWYTH








 

Design:

The intention in creating this studio was to provide low cost facilities for startup arts organizations.

The studios are arranged in pairs of eight identical buildings that seem like a cottage in shape.

Ultra thin sheets of steel are used in a crumpled appearance and loosely pressed to the timber frame.

The aim was to keep the budget as low as possible.

The sheets were given the crinkled effect by a roller having large rubber knops.

The cladding was continued up over the roof to form a diagonal structure on the gable ends.

The façade system allows the sheets to be connected without any difficulty.

Two layers of CFC free foam are sprayed in the inside of the sheets to brace the structure and also provide thermal insulation.



Reference:
 https://www.archdaily.com/11008/halftecture-o-shuhei-endo/50102f7d28ba0d422200104f-halftecture-o-shuhei-endo-image
https://www.imoa.info/download_files/stainless-steel/euroinox/Aberystwyth.pdf?m=1488119235&


Aafiyah Muskaan



 

 




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