The nds pavilion consists of many different, independently designed sections. These sections, based on a geometric system, can be configurated according to their specific use. In order to avoid the sections being unrelated to each other, a computer program generates adapting slices. By aligning the user defined sections and adapting sections, in a linear arrangement, a pavilion of continuous linear space is created.
Nine postgraduate students of the ETH Zürich produced their own customized sections. These sections were combined with adapting sections to create a pavilion. Each section is 0.60 m deep, a maximum of 3m high and 3m wide.
Configurator
The user/consumer are asked to design their own individual slice via the internet. They can control their design in a 3d window and save it to a database, where it can be generated as a .xml file.
The Configurators output is in the form of .xml and .vrml files. The files contain the points, which define the geometry of teh designed pavilion
The 3d .vrml file could be sent to the 3d printer, which can print out a plaster prototype.
Vectorworks XML Import
VectorWorks imports the XML file and automatically generates the structural dimensions of the beams and joists and the milling paths for the regular beams.
The XML-document
The XML document contains the information about all max. 36 points a user can configurate in each section (absolute and relative position x/y ).