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Kevin Clement

Kevin Clement

Tokyo, JP

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differentiated bricks made via cast-on-cast method
differentiated bricks made via cast-on-cast method
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Kinematic Prototyping

Building on previous work done in Obuchi Lab, this project developed a production method that utilizes a cube to create bricks with different geometries. These can be reordered to form compressive structures of varying shape. Python, Rhino Vault, and Grasshopper were used in tandem with physical mock-ups to help develop the research. The low-tech use of bio-resin, either as hollow, fiberglass units or as solid blocks, was explored.

It was discovered that a rotational, cast-on-cast method can produce differentiated blocks that when reassembled are able to produce a library of ruled surfaces. A script was developed that takes such forms as input, subdivides them into quadrilaterals, and outputs a set of instructions to produce blocks with the desired shape. Through this automation process, our goal was to give designers greater autonomy in the physical manifestation of form.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Tokyo, JP
My Role: Design and research
Additional Credits: With Ben Berwick, Anders Rod

 
solid bio-resin block
solid bio-resin block
hollow bio-resin block with fiberglass reinforcement
hollow bio-resin block with fiberglass reinforcement
potential interior space
potential interior space
rotational, cast-on-cast method concept
rotational, cast-on-cast method concept
full-scale mock-up cast with cube formwork
full-scale mock-up cast with cube formwork
differentiated bricks made via cast-on-cast method
differentiated bricks made via cast-on-cast method
arch made from blocks
arch made from blocks
1/4 scale mock-up assembly
1/4 scale mock-up assembly
1/4 scale compressive arch made from production system
1/4 scale compressive arch made from production system
final pavilion concept model
final pavilion concept model
final pavilion concept model
final pavilion concept model
brick connection concept
brick connection concept
brick connection physical mock-up
brick connection physical mock-up
brick connection physical mock-up
brick connection physical mock-up
assembly concept
assembly concept
materiality concept
materiality concept
interior render of pavilion proposal
interior render of pavilion proposal
exterior render of pavilion proposal
exterior render of pavilion proposal