THE TEAM

This project would not be possible without the help of our incredible team: 

Jason Ramelson

Michael Owens

Jonathan Chan

Nadia Corsetti

Nishil Saheba

Stephanie Steriotis

Robyn Thomson

Brant York

Dadin Duldul

Richelle Ng

 We would also like to thank the following people for their time and effort and leading us towards success:

Frank Bowen

Blaine Evans

Vincent Hui

Colin Ripley

Gow Hastings Architects Inc.

PRODUCTION DAY 5 - SANDING PARTY PART:2

The team undergoing the second round of sanding.

PRODUCTION DAY 4: GLUING FLANGES

Gluing jigs were prepared to ensure a 3" (the thickness of the backer panel)
offset from the base of the extrusions.  

Pre-cut flanges with holes for securing the components to the backer panels. 

The team in an assembly line fashion. 

 

Cleaning the jig.

Scraping excess glue.

 

The component drying in the jig.

The team hard at work.

The collection of completed components. 

  

A demonstration of the fitting.  

PRODUCTION DAY 3: SANDING PARTY!

An important process in the assembly of Corian requires extreme cleanliness when gluing. The team therefore went through a full day of sanding.

PRODUCTION DAY 2: GLUING EXTRUSIONS

Today, the team worked on gluing and finishing the extrusions that will soon be inserted into the backer panels. The fabrication and assembly process is as follows:

Pre-taped extrusions ready to be glued

Cleaning the extrusions with Methyl Hydrate

Brant gluing the edge conditions

Folding the panels to create an extrusion

Taping the extrusion closed

Cleaning the fully glued extrusion

The assembly line in action

 

Extrusions being hauled off to storage

A collection of finalized extrusions

PRODUCTION DAY 1: BACKER PANELS

Once the Lexan sheets have been processed from the CNC, post-processing occurred. We sanded (or frosted) the front panel as to allow for light diffusion towards the building as well as a transparent screen to the structure behind. Both sides of the backer panels were routed to ensure flexibility in tolerance and ease of access for the to-be-inserted components.  

Two halves of a backer panel: one transparent and one translucent.  

Brant having the time of his life!

Brant and Nadia sanding one of the front faces of a backer panel. 

Nishil routing some edges!

Acrylic spacers are added in between each face.

Mike bolting each face together to produce one panel. 

Two finished panels.