Location: Various
Type: Modular Frame System
Competition: RIBAJ Wanderers Wonder
Penrose
A common limitation of modular systems is their lack of flexibility and homogeneity. This proposal is for a system based on the Penrose Tessellation; a pattern that has 5-fold symmetry, that can tile to infinity without ever repeating. Able to create bespoke and unique responses dependent on the site and function required.
By using Galvanised Steel, a robust, durable and corrosive resistant material, the panels are able to be used and reused again many times over. They could regularly be reconfigured on a site, or demounted and moved to a new site. Users would be able to create a unique response to each site.
The tessellation is created by just two Rhomboid shaped frames, that can be bolted together. To create canopies or wall structure. These frames can be assembled in a number of arrangements, creating dramatically different aesthetic impacts. It is also possible to arrange the Rhomboid panels in more traditional orthogonal layouts.
The system has been designed to maximise flexibility and customisability. The panels are intended to be frames, that can host a variety of infill panels. The panels could be filled with louvres, decorative panels, glazed units, or even planters.
Roger Penrose
Discovered in 1974 by mathematician Sir Roger Penrose., the Penrose tile is an example of Aperiodic tiling, tiling that never repeats due to its 5-fold symmetry.
The Penrose tessellation is beautiful but counter-intuitive. The perception of the pattern fluctuates between rigid order, and chaos. A reflection of nature and the universe around us.