GREEN VOID in Sydney, Australia by Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

GREEN VOID SYDNEY

A digital design, derived from nature, realized in lightweight fabric, using the latest digital fabrication and engineering techniques, creating more with less. 3,000 cubic meters of space are connected with a minimal surface of 300 square meters and only 40 kilograms of material…

Customs House Green Void Laser

• Architect: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
• Name of Project: GREEN VOID SYDNEY
• Location: Sydney, Australia
• Team members: Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Jarrod Lamshed, Esan Rahmani, Kim Nguyen Ngoc, Anh, Dao Trinh, Erick Escalante, Pascal Tures, Mi Jin Chun, Andrea Dorici
• Client: Customs house
• Manufacturer: Mak max
• Building Materials: Specially treated high-tech Nylon and light
• Dimensions: approx. 21x8x12m
• Surface Area:300 m2
• Volume/space: 3000 m3
• Weight: 40 kg
• Construction/manufacturing time: 5 weeks

Customs House Green Void Laser

Digital Workflow

The project renounces on the application of a structure in the traditional sense. Instead, the space is filled with a 3-dimensional lightweight-sculpture, solely based on minimal surface tension, freely stretching between wall and ceiling and floor. The design and fabrication procedure uses state-of-the-art digital workflow; beginning with 3D computer modeling, that is engineered structurally before undergoing a process of computer controlled (CNC) material cutting and mechanical re-seaming. The computer-model feeds directly into a production-line of sail-making-software and digital manufacturing.

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The product shows a new way of digital workflow, enabling the generation of space out of a lightweight material that requires minimal adjustments onsite to achieve a complete installation in an extremely short time.

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Sustainability

The process of optimized minimal surface design and CNC (computer numeric code) fabrication technology allows the sculpture to reveal a new dimension in sustainable design practice. Fulfilling the sustainable agenda of the venue, the work succeeds in its quest for optimum efficiency in material usage, construction weight, fabrication and installation time, while at the same time achieving maximum visual impact in the large atrium space. The pavilion is easily transportable to any place in the world; can be quickly installed, and is fully reusable.

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Fabrication

The sculpture materials consist of a double stretch, 2 way woven fabric that is mechanically attached to specially designed aluminum track profiles. Each profile is suspended from above, and to the side, on 2mm stainless steel cabling.

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The green void is the result of a continuous research process over several years that led to projects like, the MOET marquee, the Entry Paradise Pavilion and the MTV music Awards 2009. Starting with the “analog” minimal surfaces of Frei Otto the green void takes research in lightweight structure into the digital age.

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Customs House Green Void Laser

Tags: Australia, Sydney

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