Aluminum sculpture TWISTED

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Principle Schuchow 1896 Vladimir Schuchow developed a new structural typology: the hyperbolic lattice tower. The double-curved surface of a hyperboloid can be generated by the rotation of a straight line oblique to a vertical axis. Schuchow extends this principle and sets a network of counter-rotating bars to the surface. The resulting structure is lightweight and efficiently. In addition, they can be mounted easily and quickly. TWISTED is based on the principle of W. Schuchow and tried to lead or to expand its narrow formal-structural boundaries further. The vertical axis is not straight but curved now. The intermediate layers can be moved in three-dimensional space, thus allowing a free form design, showing the following video impressively. Supporting structure In "classic Schuchow Tower" learn the spatially inclined, vertically oriented bars under dead load primarily compressive stresses while the horizontal rings can absorb both compressive and tensile forces, depending on their location must. In TWISTED change with the geometry and the stresses in the bars. Material The material ALUCOBOND® usually used in facade construction is a composite material made of 2 aluminum layers that surround a core (PU or mineral material). Thus, a high bending stiffness is achieved at low panel weight. As a "push rod" the material will usually not applicable because the small plate thickness brings a high "bend vulnerability" with him. Twisted the buckling lengths of the individual slim "Stripes" through the rings can be significantly reduced. This intelligent combination of shape, structure and material properties allows the use of ALUCOBOND® in the experimental structure.