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SPACE FRAME AND SHELL

MUSEUM STRUCTURE
THIS PROPOSED COMPLEX TOP VIEW; DOME
STRUCTURE IS INSPIRED BY SEA
URCHIN SHELL, WHICH ARE
STEEL FRAME
ENCLOSED YET LIGHTWEIGHT.
THEIR PATTERNS REPETITION
BRINGS VISUAL AND HARMONY.
AGAINST LIGHT, THE SEA URCHIN
NATURAL FORM REVEALS ONE
OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
PATTERNS FOUND IN NATURE.
THE MUSEUM MIMICS THE
OPENINGS OF TUBE FEET OF THE STEEL FRAME TRIODETIC
SEA URCHIN, ACHIEVING A CONNECTION
VISUAL HARMONY FROM THE
CONTRAST BETWEEN NATURE
AND THE MAN-MADE
ENVIRONMENT.
THIS PROPOSED MUSEUM
AIMS TO CREATE A SENSE OF
PLACE WITH INTRICATE, CALM
AND SIMPLE OBJECT.
SEA URCHIN SHELL

FLAT PLATE
PERSPECTIVE

SOBREMONTE, REGINE I.
BS ARCHITECTURE-4

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