Thursday, February 12, 2015

Interactive Reading Room / Tea House 2015

Assemblage

Construction man power / material :

Costs :
cubes, cans, staples, spray paint, hand held QR label printer, duct tape, instant contact glue, sandpaper, coarse, medium, fine grades, welding sticks, bolts, nuts, screws, nails
stainless steel (or steel) plates, wood/construction grade or better

Tools:
electric saw, chainsaw, stapler (4 stapler), welding torch Tig machine, grinder, welding mask, gloves, overall, chaps (for chainsaw work), goggles, protective eye wear

List of tasks/ man power: 

Cubes : 1000 cubes to be made, gather a team of workers, each one makes 10 cubes?
100 person, or 200 person each one makes 5 cubes... etc

Welding of connectors : professional welders to produce connectors as per drawing specification

Transportation of material

Wood units : 
wood worker, making of a gabarit with plywood
cutting angle of wood properly
build the diamond frames

Infill furniture:
small cafe table with 4 chairs 
optional : electrical outlet for evening use 
ordinary ambiance lighting, bright enough for mobile phone to capture the QR codes on the cube

wifi :
wifi for mobile phone internet access enabled

Assembly:
2 man unit per team.
The diamond frames are connected to each other via connectors

Cubes attached together into a "wig" like skin to put over the dome:
Team of 2 person, 4 teams?
Cubes are attached together into basic units (depending on the permanent nature of the work, if its to be a non-detachable unit, rivets will be used; if dismantled to be mobile, screws and bolts will be used)

After dome is completed, it will be anchored to the ground with stone/sand flooring 

Content:
All QR codes and links to url are proposed by the Artist creator.

Model for the final construction:
A model of 50cm diameter (or smaller) will be made so the individual pieces could be easily assembled. 

Man Power source:
>Universities will be contacted to see if architecture students might like to participate in the construction of the final unit

Sponsors call :
> funding from Art friendly corporations -
> professional welders 
> construction wood material supply
> Garden chair and table set
> recycled aluminum cans (3000 of 500ml)
> tea set, and tea leaves
> lunch box money for volunteers

Secretary, general office communications:
> paper office work 

Documentary of the work, video/ logbook:
> iphone film, video cam, memory disk (shock proof 2 ter)

A list of names of all participants, sponsor will be printed into a large poster, if sponsor wish to remain anonymous, that is also possible.
This is to show the assemblage spirit, how small incremental work could combine to make a big (moderately big) project.



 



 

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