Chebydesic Pavilion

3D Model

This wooden pavilion was assembled during the building freeform workshop of September 2021 at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech. It illustrates the research of the group on constructive geometry. The Chebydesic Pavilion belongs to the familly of active bending structures and combines elements of Chebyshev networks with geodesic networks, Voss surfaces and nexorade patches. The entire design process is integrated within a parametric design tool (Rhino) which allows easy consideration of the different constraints: mechanical (associated with permanent bending stresses due to the large deformation of the laths), geometric (associated with the shape generation of the surface and its structural layout) or manufacturing (to take into account member thickness and reach hence milimetric accuracy in the shop drawings).