Darwin Bucky Exhibition Gallery by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala |
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| DESIGN NAME: Darwin Bucky PRIMARY FUNCTION: Exhibition Gallery INSPIRATION: Bucky is inspired by Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome. The project is envisioned to be a traveling gallery complemented by its aesthetic architecture for curators to exhibit their work anywhere in the world. One of the major inspirations was to create a gallery that it should be designed for repurposing and can be recycled or deconstructed to minimize unnecessary footprints. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Bucky is designed as a complete set of parts that can be assembled and disassembled if necessary at the site. It is a parametric dome tent anchored to the ground without a foundation. Bucky can be used as an exhibition gallery or a center for performance or a bar or a nightclub. The structure is a black box that provides a wide array of programs that could be decided by the tenant who rents by the day. It is designed to be placed in public gardens or exhibition grounds or even in a city square always permanently temporary provide the ground is flat. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Gallery is always perceived as a four walled box. Bucky transforms the way people experience galleries by making the building itself a part of the exhibition. People will interact the same way with the building as they interact with the exhibits inside it. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The project started in October 2019 and was made open to public in October 2021. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The structure is made using 1mm mild steel spanning a massive 10 meters and 6 meters in height without beams or columns. The Avant grade joinery system makes the structure leakproof and conceals more than 70 percent of the 2800 bolts which is an impossible task to achieve for a component that has naked edges on all four sides as the panels need to be collapsible. The panel size can be easily handled by one person making the assembly extremely efficient. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Diameter - 10m Height - 6m Material - Mild Steel Panels - 324 Panels size - min 300mm and max 1250mm Other components - 200 Joinery size - min 35mm - 1500mm Number of Bolts - 2800 Technology - Machine folding and parametric modeling Weather - all seasons TAGS: Parametric design, Origami, travelling gallery, temporary structure, Buckminster fuller, geodesic dome, modular structure, metal folding, flat pack structure, light weight structure RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Bucky was designed with the aim of making a travelling gallery that can be transported anywhere in the world in a 6 meter shipping container. Origami was the basic methodology used to figure out the panel folding of the building and with the help of parametric tools the fabrication was done onsite. As a result Bucky was able to be fit in a container as well as convert itself into a huge 100 square meter gallery within a matter of days. CHALLENGE: The challenge was to construct a typology that works for off-grid areas. The criteria to fit a 10meter span and 6meter height structure into a 6meter container was a difficult task since Bucky was envisioned to be easy to carry around the globe. Adding further, making an open system into a closed system was also a major challenge which was necessary to make the building as watertight as that would ruin the artworks. The windows are designed to have indirect lighting without having rainwater through the opening to protect the painting from any harsh environmental conditions. ADDED DATE: 2022-03-07 14:45:23 TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Lead Parametric Designer: Kuber Patel, Lead Architect: Jwalant Mahadevwala and Client: Abbhay Mangaldas IMAGE CREDITS: Vinay Panjwani, Kuhoo Patel |
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NAME: Kuber Patel PROFILE: Kuber graduated [year March 2016] with Masters of Architecture in Emergent Technologies and Design from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, and has a total of 6+ years of global professional experience. In addition, he is also a visiting faculty at CEPT University and the author of the book 'Algorithmic Thinking- A parametric approach to problem-solving '. His most recent achievement includes being accepted to work in the U.S. as an Individual with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement. He strives to achieve his goals by developing high-quality skillsets and sheer passion rather than through experience because of which he has been the youngest local architect of the World's Largest Cricket Stadium, the youngest faculty to lead a master studio, and the youngest to start his first project in 2010 much before his undergrad in 2013. His skills work best in parametric modeling through algorithmic design techniques using advanced computational tools and digital fabrication. Kuber hopes to add more value to design by introducing a more data-driven process through computer science, mathematical thinking, and philosophy. As we live in a post-digital world, this data, if given the right manifestation, can lead to a well-informed architecture representing a better reality and a responsive future. He would like to add to his studio a more concise approach to the translation process of architectural representation rather than the invention of a new architecture. Kuber has been practicing Architecture since 2013 soon after his graduation working on projects in USA, UK & India. He always plays a lead and critical role in all the projects he gets involved. He has worked on stadiums, hotels, museums, temporary structures, pavilions, retail, residential, art installation, housing, mixed-use, commercial and corporate buildings. Kuber has been extensively published in an article titled use of glass in bridges by Surface Reporter due to his innovative use of glass on facades. He also gets frequently invited as a Jury panel by top-ranking universities. One of his beloved projects is Bucky, the first of its kind largest Prefabricated modular traveling gallery developed entirely using a parametric workflow. One of his innovative academic projects 'The Twist' pavilion received a small project award for its innovative use of plywood. In the future, he wishes to pursue his Ph.D. in Architectured materials through selective laser sintering techniques. Overall, his architectural style mostly revolves around Performance orientated design that has a strong response to material, structural, social, and environmental behavior. Kuber's graduate thesis reflects on a similar system using agent-based methods to work on developing a flood resilient system that has a coherent spatial configuration between climate and the socio-economic fabric of informal settlements in an urban context. |
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Darwin Bucky Exhibition Gallery by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala is Winner in Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design Category, 2021 - 2022.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala. |
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