Clay Cracking: A Natural Process Guiding a Design-to-Fabrication Method for Cast Aluminum Panels

Segal, Edward M.; Ramsburg, Lisa; Draper, Josh; Thompson, Scot; Draper, Powell; Lindsay, Bruce G.; Cheng, Alexandra; Dowd, Max

doi:10.1080/24751448.2020.1705722

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“…Cast & Place (Figure 1), the winner of the 2017 City of Dreams design competition, investigated how recycled aluminum could be transformed into an architectural structure using an experimental fabrication method. 1 The panels were fabricated by drying clay in trays (Figure 2) and then casting aluminum in the network of cracks that formed (Figure 3). On-site clay was placed adjacent to the finished structure and allowed to wet, dry, and crack to demonstrate to visitors the process used to develop the patterns.…”

Section: Pavilion As Opportunity and Conceptmentioning

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Cast & Place Pavilion: Transformation from Structure to Other Objects

Cheng,

Segal,

Ramsburg

et al. 2022

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Buildings live longer than their makers. It is not uncommon to see historic buildings reuse elements from older structures. In contrast, contemporary construction produces a significant amount of waste. While recycled materials are part of current discussions on sustainable building design, the recycling process requires additional resources and energy to produce an element with reliable behavior and performance. The direct reuse and reclamation of existing elements requires different considerations. Designing for reuse recognizes that a building is not born in a design, but only reincarnated; old parts may have incurred flaws during an unknown past, and must also survive to perform in the future.

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Section: Pavilion As Opportunity and Conceptmentioning

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Cast & Place Pavilion: Transformation from Structure to Other Objects

Cheng,

Segal,

Ramsburg

et al. 2022

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“…e stronger the shrinkage of soil, the easier it is to produce drying and cracking. e shrinkage is controlled by the type and content of clay minerals in soil [26,27].…”

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Effect of Tea Waste on Cracking of Foundation Soil

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2021

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Desiccation cracks form on the surface of foundation soils due to matric suction and surface shrinkage with water loss. This paper investigates the effect of tea waste on the change of water content and cracking characteristics of foundation soil during drying. Digital image processing was carried out based on laboratory experiments. The characteristics are monitored with a variation in water content. The effects of different amounts of tea waste on soil drying and cracking were obtained, in order to provide an efficient and new green sustainable material for improving soil evaporation cracking under drought conditions. The results show that the development of cracks of soil samples with tea waste can be categorized into three stages in accordance with the fractal dimension of the desiccation cracks: Stages I, II, and III. The desiccation cracks in Stage III are wider and longer than those in Stages I and II, however, the maximum fractal dimension and stability are also obtained in Stage III. The residual water content of the sample without tea waste is 1.5%. The residual water content of the samples containing 4% and 8% tea waste is 4.6% and 5.4%, respectively, which shows that the tea waste can effectively improve the residual water content of the foundation soil and the water holding capacity of the soil. The fractal dimension of cracks on the soil samples increases gradually with drying. The total length of cracks increases and the development of cracks is more complex. The cracking time of soil samples with different tea waste contents is different. The soil samples with 8% tea waste content crack first. Combined with the variation characteristics of water content, tea waste has water absorption and improves the water holding capacity and stability of foundation soil.

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Clay Cracking: A Natural Process Guiding a Design-to-Fabrication Method for Cast Aluminum Panels

Cited by 2 publications

References 20 publications

Cast & Place Pavilion: Transformation from Structure to Other Objects

Cast & Place Pavilion: Transformation from Structure to Other Objects

Effect of Tea Waste on Cracking of Foundation Soil

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