BRIEF
The South African Institute for Steel Construction (SAISC) wants to create a lounge at a trade fair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Design a steel-based canopy installation to be hung above their allocated 5x5m area that represents and demonstrates some of the material qualities of steel.
MY RESPONSE
I created a multi-faceted hanging canopy out of sheets of mirror finish steel. The reflective pieces were shaped into an angular form which had the effect of capturing and fragmenting reflections of people who walked under the canopy. I managed to construct a very precise model, achieved by developing the form digitally and then using machines like metal guillotines and press brakes to create the triangulated components with the right dimensions and angles of bend.
PIECES
30 triangular plates | 39 joining angles | 6 angles for threading cable
MATERIALS
0.9mm mirror finished steel for all triangular plates and joining angles | 2mm brushed steel for angle to join cable to aluminium pop rivets.