Group Project with Jack Somers, Jack (Jianghui) Qu
The Detail as Joint
This facade exploration project employs the innovative use of terracotta material through developable and doubly-curved surfaces. We investigate Edward R. Ford’s idea of the “detail as a joint,” as discussed in The Architectural Detail. Initial base geometries are rationalized through a panelization script designed to output 4 panel types and one standardized clip. The idea of the “detail as a joint” is accentuated through its typical yet hidden panel-to-clip connection that gets arrayed and aggregated along the input geometry.
