planetario
1,380 tempered glass pieces
722 unique metal nodes
tempered custom printed glass
combination of 2 membrane materials
PROJECT DATA
Client TOGA
Year of construction 2018
Surface area 950 m² / 10’225 sq.ft.
Material Tempered glass, Serge Ferrari 902 S2, Frontside FT 38
Location Guadalajara, México
The so-called "sculptural exoskeleton" is a coating that is solved with using a parametric software to manufacture 1,380 tempered glass pieces with direct printing, and on whose sides the appreciable constellations seen in Guadalajara are projected from the North Hemisphere.
The pieces are supported by steel bars, with 5 different heights distributed randomly, resting on 722 metal nodes, all different, and with integrated lighting at the center of each of them.
All these components have a unique and serialized nomenclature code that makes its location possible and facilitates the assembly sequence.
Estudio TOGA estuvo al cargo de este emblemático proyecto, que en conjunto con TT y DIPRO realizó el desarrollo de la cubierta del domo que fue resuelto a través del uso de software paramétrico que generó con un juego de 8 piezas iguales un total de 1376 piezas de cristal templado impreso, en cuyas caras se proyectan las constelaciones apreciables en la ciudad desde el lado del hemisferio norte, la propuesta cromática responde a un degradado de tonalidades azules que recorre el domo; la ubicación de los colores cálidos coincide con las áreas de mayor asoleamiento del domo durante el año. Las piezas se soportan sobre 722 nodos de acero con iluminación integrada. ¡El resultado es una experiencia espectacular!
Architect asked to give a solution for the sidewalk and the main problem was that we had to give a solution for a flat structure, the main request was to avoid any double curvature, as a result, we designed a repetitive panel with translucent PVC Serge Ferrari 902 S2 and Frontside FT 38 combined to have sun and rain protection.
To make the flat membrane solution work, we added weight to deform the membrane and give a fourth point to the shape so the final result is elegant, simple and functional
