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The presented reciprocal frame structure is a modular composition of timber folded panels. The overall geometry is driven from a folded plate base module which is then spartially multiplied in using Euclidean isometries. The intersection of consecutive modules impose the slide-cut geometry which ensures the local and global stability of structure. Embedded inside a CAD environment, the three-dimensional geometry is parameterized according to the base module and by using a Finite Element non-linear analysis it is demonstrated that the structural performance can be improved with a more interlaced configuration of parameters. A prototype based on this geometric principal has been fabricated and assembled to explore feasibilty ot the concept in the building scale.
Marianne Liebi, Manuel Guizar Sicairos
Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Max Mirko Polzin