ADVANCES IN ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY Symposium was held in Paris from the 27 to 30th of September 2012 with the support of the Centre Pompidou.
We were pleased to be at École nationale supérieure d »architecture Paris-Malaquais for the workshop Materializing the Louvre Cour Visconti – Advanced Architectural Geometry 2012 directed by Waagner Biro.
We worked with students during the morning to explain the materialization process of complex geometry of the roof. The new departement of the Louvre Museum opened last week in Paris.
WORKSHOP 4: Materializing the Louvre Cour Visconti – Paris by Bernhard Blaschitz, Udo Ribbe, Benjamin Schneider (Waagner-Biro)
Topic: The workshop will illustrate the workflow from architectural concept to execution, resolving the process into comprehensible steps using the example of the recently completed roof of the Louvre Cour Visconti. We will pick up the thread from a continuous smooth design surface which has been panelized with planar faces and develop the necessary multilayer offsets. The focus will be on methodology for designing construction details in respect to the local geometry and whilst considering its effects on the overall geometry.
Learning: The participants will learn to add structural depth to freeform surfaces and to understand the dependencies of different components or layers which build up the final structure. It is necessary to consider fabrication constraints, maintenance issues and the specific facade performance defined by the client. So let us add materiality to the given wireframe!