2023 Winter Stations - Onsite Assembly

A group of students collaborated to build the structure on site. Despite the adverse cold weather conditions posing a formidable challenge, the students exhibited unwavering teamwork to accomplish the construction within the given day.

2023 Winter Stations - First Canoe Completed!

 With the help of both the design and fabrication teams, the first canoe was completed successfully! This is one of the smaller modules of the project, and the team is currently working on CNC cutting the remaining components, and assembling the rest of the canoes. 

2023 Winter Stations - Anchorage Diagrams

 

2023 Winter Stations - Presenting Ripple Hut!

 The finalized imagery, project description, and project name were published on the Winter Stations website, and in other online including Architect and Blog TO! 

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Presenting Ripple Hut 

Canoes have been a fundamental method of transportation for thousands of years. They have contributed immensely to humanity’s growth, inner strength, and freedom. Ripple Hut emulates the form of aggregated canoes and offers an alternative approach to the beauty and craft of canoe fabrication. The structural connections of the pavilion depict ripples in the water. Small apertures in the framework of the pavilion will provide framed views of the surrounding context while the composition of the shells will protect visitors from the harsh winter conditions. Radiance is expressed in the pavilion through form, materiality, and spatial interaction. Ripple Hut will be perceived differently in various contexts through haptics and the effect of light and shadow. The pavilion will serve as a place of convergence for visitors and will invite users to interact with its spatial and material conditions.

2023 Winter Stations - 1:1 Scale Prototype

 This week the 2023 Winter Stations design and fabrication teams created their first 1:1 scale prototype. The team used the intended material for the project, as well as the intended rivet connections. Additionally, the components were cut using the CNC router, allowing the team to get a realistic idea of construction time and method. 

From this prototype, some flaws were found with the interlocking connections, especially small gaps and openings caused by misalignment. From here, the designers can fine-tune the model digitally, in order to account for these imperfections realized through the testing process. 

2023 Winter Stations - Early Stage Prototyping Version 2

Based on the Version 1 Prototype from last week, the 2023 Winter Stations design team was able to reshape the aggregated parts and components, in order to create a canoe-like shape which is continuous from top to bottom. 

The Intention:

The project emulates the form of a canoe through a series of aggregated parts and components. Aggregations are connected structurally in a way which depicts ripples in the water. 

Expressing Radiance:

The design intends to express radiance in its form and spatial interaction. Each canoe aggregation will be arranged in a radial formation, creating a dynamic series of shells which protects visitors from the harsh winter. 

Version #2: 

After some revision, the canoe aggregates were resized and reshaped in order to ensure that the 'ripple' connections may be utilized from top to bottom of the structure. This prototype explored the option of varying the interlocking circles' size to create a canoe-like shape. 

2023 Winter Stations - Early Stage Prototyping Version 1

 This week, the 2023 Winter Stations design team began creating scaled prototypes in order to test and comprehend some of the project's tectonic elements or components. Modelmaking and prototyping using materials such as MDF or chipboard, as well as digital fabrication tools like laser cutting, allows for a certain degree of flexibility and accuracy while negotiating the design details at an early stage. 

The Intention:

The project emulates the form of a canoe through a series of aggregated parts and components. Aggregations are connected structurally in a way which depicts ripples in the water. 

Expressing Radiance:

The design intends to express radiance in its form and spatial interaction. Each canoe aggregation will be arranged in a radial formation, creating a dynamic series of shells which protects visitors from the harsh winter. 

Version #1: 

The first prototype of the canoe aggregation proves that careful consideration for the curvilinear panels is required. This model identified issues with the interlocking structural components and demonstrated challenges in creating the canoe shape using these components.