Arachne Building Facade by Lei Yu |
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| DESIGN NAME: Arachne PRIMARY FUNCTION: Building Facade INSPIRATION: Arachne is a digital architectural endeavor to redefine an ordinary building with 3D printed components. To reflect its literal title, Arachne is designed and installed by the spatially intertwined lattices that hung on the building in the curtain wall mechanism. After the last component was in place, it was an expressive moment that the physical installation was situated in the way so identical to the digital model and renderings, it is only made possible by the new design and fabrication. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The mass gift-wrapped by Arachne is a three-floor building of 10 meters in height and 12 meters in width. This assignment was contracted to cover the main façades, which face an important public square, with a strong iconic articulation to collect attention. 3D printing technology was selected to meet this requirement owning to its fabulous capacity of adopting the design concept. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: - PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: - FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: FDM 3D printing technology, material is PLA plastic SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 308 sq meters coverage; 2218 3D printed components; 5 tons of plastic material TAGS: 3D printing, Digital Fabrication, Parametric Design RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: - ADDED DATE: 2017-09-03 07:57:26 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Lei Yu, Yanxin Wang IMAGE CREDITS: Fu Xing@ Fuxing Architecture Picture Studio |
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NAME: Yuexiu Group PROFILE: Yuexiu Group was established in Hong Kong in 1985. Having undergone 30 years of development, especially through the adjustment and optimization in recent years, Yuexiu Group has gradually established its “3+X” industrial system whose core businesses are three major modern service industries, namely real estate, finance, and transport & infrastructure. By the end of 2015, Yuexiu Group had ranked first in asset size of all state-owned enterprise groups in Guangzhou with leading performances in overall economic benefits and total assets exceeding RMB 400 billion. There are four Hong Kong-listed companies (trusts) under Yuexiu Group, namelyYuexiu Property (00123.HK),Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Limited (01052.HK),Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) and Chong Hing Bank Limited (01111.HK). Among them, Yuexiu Property is a constituent stock of the MSCI China Index; Yuexiu Transport is a constituent stock of the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index; and Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust has been selected by the Standard & Poor Global REIT index, the Bloomberg Asia REIT index and the combination index of Thomson Reuters, the International Real Estate Academy and the Asia-Pacific Real Estate Association. |
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Arachne Building Facade by Lei Yu is Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Lei Yu. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Lei Yu. |
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