“Trees-Parency” is a workshop of digital design and fabrication. This project, formerly a carrier-made house for an industrial robot arm, demonstrates an intensive collaboration between people and automate machine. Meanwhile, U-glass features a new instance of architectural form.
For increasing the ground floor, a corridor was added on the south side. To properly accommodate an existing tree, a close neighbor who runs into the proposed space, a curved curtain wall was precisely installed to eliminate this confliction. This curvature was reconstructed by orchestrating a serial of U-shaped glass panels, each of them is strictly required in proper length and specific end-angles. The industrial robot arm was developed into a flexible cutting system, which was automatically operated by the data from the parametric Rhino model. Along these progressively various semi-transparent panels, the corridor fits in with a friendly manner towards the existing tree and make an open and sunny ground floor. By the robot technique, glass panels were precisely cut and assembled on by one on site. Compared to the ordinary construction solution, this digital solution is proven to save material, minimize labors, and break the performance limits of U-shaped glass. A meeting table was therefore designed, and 3D printed with a U-glass counter-top.
Independently, this project was entirely designed, fabricated, and built by ASW. Lighting design was supported by Zdp.
