Cockpit

Detail of the facade node.

The cutting, welding and drilling machines read the data from the table and produce all the discrete parts without human interference. All parts are numbered and are quickly bolted together, first in the factory as a test model -- a full-size mock-up, and later directly at the building site. Architecture and construction thus come together in both -- the design and production process and as a visual end result.

View of the cockpit assembly at its site of mass production.

ONL and Meijers Staalbouw developed a system of a point cloud of complex nodes and simple connecting beams. The Acoustic Barrier and the Cockpit within it have the complexity of their forms completely embodied in the nodes so that the connection beams are as simple as possible. The triangles are produced as flat surfaces.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs: Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun Ajani

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