AA Hooke Park

AA Design + Make woodland campus in Dorset. Design + Make explores design at the point of physical production.

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The 5th iteration of the FIELDSTATION space frame required greater specificity to maximize its structural capabilities and spanning potential. This led to the design of 6 unique nodal connections depending on loading requirements and position in relation to vertical supports.

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Construction choreography

#FIELDSTATION #aaschool #hookepark #designbuild #drone #spaceframe #dji

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Congratulations to the graduating Design + Make MSc cohort! The group of 7 and their 3 MArch colleagues filled the big shed with physical models and 1:1 prototypes for the final jury. The day involved a site walk to the FIELDSTATION site, presentations, and lively conversation.

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Over the past month, the MSc and MArch students have been working hard constructing a new facility at Hooke Park, the FIELDSTATION. This public infrastructure will serve as a satellite woodland workspace and shelter for AA students, staff, and visiting academics.

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Making the Meta Pod skeletal frame is a laborious process of pressure, glue, and time. This video provides a glimpse into the fabrication process undertaken by several D+M students for their final build #CLT #Glulam

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A group of 9 has joined the ranks of D+M students for the @AASchool visiting school summer build. We welcome an incredible group of students, makers, and architects from the UK, China, Malaysia, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain.

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With an out-of-commission router, students had to get creative in scribing cut patterns on tree forks. A calligraphy brush was used and, after some calibration, produced some wonderful hieroglyphic-esque markings. Cuts will be made by hand - a unique digital to analog workflow.

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@ArupGroup was onsite at @HookePark fabricating and installing a replacement footbridge connecting the workshop and refectory. The structure is built of local site-milled western red cedar and held in tension through a series of lovely steel cable connections.

#designbuild

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A log shoot was added to the robotics workflow to minimize entering the cell. Still, a light nudge from the KUKA may be required.

#KUKA #fabrication #Process

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The robotics workflow is in full swing at Hooke Park. 256 roundwood pieces varying in diameter of 50-90mm will be cut utilizing our Kuka KR 150 with a pneumatic gripper and paired with a machine vision system.

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Hooke Park has recently updated the robotic cell with a new 3D camera. This stereoscopic structured light camera offers instantaneous object recognition for precise robotic milling, furthering the Design + Make commitment to designing with the natural geometries of the forest.

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Hooke Park hosted the Maeda Furnishing Landscape @aaschool Visiting School for a weekend full of material exploration, prototyping, and collective design. The students contributed to the outdoor dining area by adding an entry portal, kinetic bbq grill, and charred cedar gutter

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The FIELDSTATION prototype has been deconstructed and safely returned to @Hookepark for reuse in the final build.

The total disassembly took less than 7 hours and is a testament to the student's ambitions for a modular, adaptable, and kit-of-parts design.

#modular #timelapse

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Meet Wyatt, the new Architectural Robotics Developer at @hookepark. Wyatt was a D+M MArch 20' graduate who assisted in the design of the Woodland Cabin. His familiarity with the program and high-level technical abilities make him a perfect addition to the Hooke Park staff.

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A lot of planning went into lifting a 24 m² space frame 3 meters high, all within the tight dimensions of the @aaschool New Courtyard. A pair of genie lifts and acrow props made the difficult task look rather easy, and installation went safely and smoothly.

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"Crematorium" attends to the primordial desire for ceremony and remembrance. A shroud-like structure draped across a fallen beech draws matter in and out of visibility while a haze emanates from the forest floor.

Work by
@garrett_nelli, MSc 22

#aaschool #longexposure

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Students spent last Friday extracting and debarking a number of felled ash and beech tree forks.

The forks were then relocated to the big shed to be 3D scanned, notated, and prepped for assembly.

#forestry #treeforks #tacitknowledge #AAschool #timberconstruction #naturalforms

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Photos from Designer David Colwell's lecture on his built work and furniture design at @boatbuilding in Lyme Regis. More of David's work can be found at @DavidJColwell.

A big thank you to David for a great lecture and for inviting the Design and Make to the lecture!