Voussoir Cloud
1st August - 14th September '08
SCI-Arc Gallery
350 Merrick Street, Los Angeles
Using architecture as a form of applied design research, San Francisco based architecture and design practice IwamotoScott in collaboration with Buro Happold have created Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific installation at the SCI-Arc Gallery.
Employing a system of three-dimensional modules, formed by folding paper-thin wood laminate along curved seams, Voussoir Cloud’s design explores the coupling of potentially conflicting constructional logics – the pure compression of a vault with an ultra-light sheet material.
The curvature of the design produces a form that relies on the internal surface tension to hold its shape and allows for a structural porosity within the constraints of sheet material. The resulting dimpled, concave modules pack together; naturally creating vaulted forms with a light porous surface.
Opening on August 1, this installation will be fabricated by IwamotoScott in association with SCI-Arc students.
