Temporary Shelter for a Food Truck
New York, 2015
Students: Artur Mariano; Guilherme Casagrande; Juliana Hirayama
Project
Project developed to Parametric Design class at New York Institute of Technology using the Rhinoceros software and Grasshopper.
The project requires a design of a pavilion. The structure should protect one NYC Food Van and protect 12 dining adults from sun and rain.
The main focus of the project was to maintain visual permeability of the pedestrian, who will be able to have views of Central Park, to the monuments of the Grand Army Plaza as the fountain and also for large-scale buildings and the street.
Seeking to maintain neo-classical language environment while taking emphasis on the installation, the shape of the pavilion is symmetrical and modular, forming a rectangular grid support, built in wood and glass. To give visual lightness to the structure, the cover is curved, communicating with the points of support continuing basis.
Site
At New York City, the structure may be proposed on the north side of Doris Freedman Place - the northern street framing Grand Army Plaza. The structure must stand at least 3' from the roadside, and closer to East Drive than 5th Avenue.
Model
The physical model should be no less than 18" x 18" x 18" and it should be fabricated using a mechanical technique as laser cutting. In order to optimize the fabrication of the model, it should be thought of as the connections and fittings of the parts will take place.
Execution
Using Chipboard in the structure, Acrylic as the glass tiles and fastening to connect the clear acrylic to structure, the model was executed in a scale 15 times smaller than the real pavilion could have.
Laser Cutting working on Acrylic.
