Contour Wood Cantilever.
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Continuing the wood structure focus of third year, the cantilever project brought about issues of load, structure, and weight of the structure. This was a studio-wide competition testing to see which cantilever had the best weight to load ratio. Each cantilever group consisted of two people. My partner was Geronimo Debeza-Rodriguez. In addition to a partner, each group was given a specific "property" which would guide each group's design. Our property was contouring. The other two properties were tessellation and folding.
Geronimo and I conducted multiple bending studies with both paper and wood. As seen below in a wood-veneer study model, we found that the laminating of veneer and wood glue created not only a light structure, but also a very rigid and strong one as well. With these studies we designed a continuous, curving structure all made of wood veneer and wood glue. This curves in between helped create more rigidity for the structure. When tested, our cantilever weighed a total of 15 pounds and held up to 127 pounds before deflecting. After all 24 cantilevers were tested, ours held the fourth best ratio.
Geronimo and I conducted multiple bending studies with both paper and wood. As seen below in a wood-veneer study model, we found that the laminating of veneer and wood glue created not only a light structure, but also a very rigid and strong one as well. With these studies we designed a continuous, curving structure all made of wood veneer and wood glue. This curves in between helped create more rigidity for the structure. When tested, our cantilever weighed a total of 15 pounds and held up to 127 pounds before deflecting. After all 24 cantilevers were tested, ours held the fourth best ratio.