CONNECTION & COLLABORATION: LESSONS FROM PETER RICE3 rd & 4 th YEAR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY 2013Students: Milo Bashford, Gerard Bennett, Ross Boyce, Patrick Brady, Robert A Burns, Robert G Burns, Sean Casey, Andrew Cleary, Carl Corcoran, Anna Cullen, Chris Daly, Adam Darby, Bernard Deay, Mark Denneny, Vincent Doherty, Mark Doyle, Dean Farrell, Ciaran Ford, Shane Hall, Ross Harrell, Ben Harrison, Colin Hemon, Adam Henderson, Fatma Hinawy, Darren Hoey, David Holland, Brian Kennedy, Akvile Klapatauskaite, Davitt Lamon, Brian Lee, Peter Lemasney, Ciaran Lennon, Brendan Linnane, Sarah Mac Loughlin, James Maguire, Peter Mahon, Brian Malone, Michael Malone, Jason Mc Elroy, Kevin Mc Feely, Karl Mc Garry, Pauric Mc Gill, Marcus Mc Guire, Joe Mc Nally, Kevin McNulty, Bryan Menton, Darragh Moore, Stephen Morris, Niall Murphy, Owen O’Flaherty, Ruairi O’Neill, John O’Sullivan, Daryl Phelan, Martin Philip, Ian Plunkett, Robert Quinn, Stephen Ralph, David Reilly, Jonathan Rogers, Anita Salako, Andrei Triffo, Aiga Veltensone, David Veltom, John Wolfe-Flanagan, Dominika Zubiak. Staff: Cormac Allen, Eric Bates, Noel Brady, Máirtín D’Alton, Pierce Fahy, Rory Greenan, Orna Hanly, John Lauder, Tim O’Leary, Jim Roche, Sima Rouholamin, David Wright. Collaborators: Gerard Crowley, Peter Flynn, Declan McGonagle, Sean Ó Laoire.

R e n z o P i a n o

Day 1:Floor elements laid.

Day 1:End arches and ramps positioned

Day 2:Standard arches fixed

Day 2:Structure Complete

Day 2:Fabric in place

Day 2:Fabric secured and end wallscompleted

Chord Connection

Chord Detail

Top of Pyramid Detail

Chord Base Exploded

Chord Base Detail Leg and Truss Rubber Block Detail Duct at Chord DetailLeg DetailHinge Detail

Cross Section1:50

Elevation1:50

Section1:50

Stage 1The platform structure is first put inplace with the trusses fixed to the legs

Stage 3The arch is raised into position by using lifts and crank systems.

Stage 2The arch is then attached to the platformby the hinges at the base.

Stage 4The ductwork and the floor panels are then installed.

Stage 5When a half arch is complete, it is fixed onto another half arch by a cast aluminium chord fixing to complete a section of the pavilion. This process is repeated to complete the remaining sections of the pavilion. The 2 base hinges on either side of the arch and the pin fixing at the top complete the 3 pinned joint which is the main structure of the pavilion.

The IBM Travelling Pavilion lies among one of Peter Rice’s accomplishments such as the Sydney Opera House, Lloyds building and the Pompidou Centre. The pavilion was designed to maximise functionali-ty and portability while maintaining a simple design. This was achieved by prefabricating the various el-ements of the building to minimise onsite assembly and using repetitive bays to minimise simplify the de-sign. The structure was a series of 3 pin arches that were bolted to the floor of the building. There is also a set of outer arches fixing the poly carbonate pyramids back to the inner frame. Polycarbonate was used as the main cladding element but also structurally.

Assembly Detail3D Chord assembly detail

Assembly Detail2D Chord assembly detail

Polycarbonate Pyramid

Laminated Timber Inner Chord

Cast aluminium fixing

ABS sandwich panelwith fenolic resin insulation

Timber Floor PanelsCorrugated sheet metal

Cast aluminium fixing

Steel truss structure

Steel legs

Laminated TimberOuter Chord

Anti condensationduct with transculentmembrane

Laminated TimberOuter Chord

Polycarbonate Pyramid

Laminated Timber Inner Chord

Cast aluminiumfixing

Steel truss structure for platform

Further Development - MoMI Pavilion 1992

Assembly Stages

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5

Laminated Timber

Inner Arch

Bolts

Arches be-ing lifted into place for con-struction

Polycarbonate pyramids with laminated timber outer chords

3D views of the arches connected to-gether by cast aluminium fixings

This is the finished product of the MoMI pa-vilion. It has a fabric finish compared to the polycarbonate finish on the IBM pavilion.

Aluminium connector

Aluminium Mullion ribs

Floor Construction

Beechwood Chord

Cast Aluminium plate

Aluminium casters

Polycarbonate Pyramid

Cast Aluminium block

Cross Pin

Base Plate

Inner arch

Horizontal Tie

Cast aluminiumconnector

Inner arch

Horizontal tie

Aluminium connector

Cast Aluminium plate

Laminated timber inner arch Horizontal ties

Aluminium connector

Horizontal ties

Laminated timber inner arch

Aluminium connector

Ring forventilation

Stainless steeladjustable jacks

Cast Aluminiumchord tie

Pin chord tie

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