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Minimal Tension Canopy from Central Coast Marine Installations

The brain child of urban future, the project has been in the making for a few years being used in training at (USYD), working with Dirk Anderson & Eduardo Barata was as usual a rewarding experience with all the design and Cad work allowing for the precision required.

The canopy was prototyped with USYD cnc / laser cutters, was fabricated at 1:1 by central coast marine installations (CCMI). With the site 3d scanned, the parts were assembled on site to an accuracy within 1mm.

The structure will now be clad with a clear impact resistant glazing that will be cnc milled at usyd and 3m taped onto the structure. The structure of the minimal tension terrace canopy has now been completed for the apartment in the Sydney CBD.

The assembly of the framing was carried out by students at the university of sydney (USYD) that had been studying the code to production elective in which students researched design, fabrication and construction methods using algorithms within the grasshopper 3d environment.

Part of the elective required a week of site construction of one of urban future's architectural projects.

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