COURTYARD SHADING

Fall 2019

Critics: Guillermo Banchini, Gonzalo Carbajo, and Rodrigo Guajardo.

Site: Brooklyn, NY Higgins Hall courtyard at Pratt Institute

Premise: To design a shading/lighting system using minimal surfaces and generate cost estimates for full size construction.

Project: From five options the hyperbolic paraboloid was chosen as the final form. A weatherproof fabric would be tightened along the welded chain frame. LED lights highlight the straight lines that make up the surface structure.

Front Perspective of Shading Structure

Side Perspective of Shading Structure

Aerial Perspective of Shading Structure

Welded Chain Parabola Study Model

Five shading system options with material cost estimates for full size production.