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The Bell House Projects —Vinyl Album Layered Plane Background walls |
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Above: in progeress . . . The aluminum Eagle Clips can be seen on the wall.
Right & down: detail shots . . .
Below: panel / shifting plane concept being developed as site plan concept for pavers, pool deck, guest house, fabric canopy carport piers . . . |
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Above & Below: fab photos in the shop . . . |
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Above: The album ledges being glued. The angled groove makes the frame fall against the panel and the outer lip keeps it from sliding off the edge.
Right: The panel nesting operation to define the cutting sequence & sheets required. Done directly from the Rhino model using grasshopper and OpenNest—a great nesting component.
This greatly speeds up the fabrication process. Labels were created & tagged to the panels in place in the model and on the nested panels. |
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Originally built in 1952, the house has had a number of additions, changes, renovations, the structure is one lf Layers. The owner, one could say is a man of many layers; personality, tastes, many things going at once. The backdrop is meant to be a field, a fabric of layers . . . Shifting layers with varying grain, texture, patterns, shades. . .
The panels are made of 3 species of plywood: Walnut, Birch, and Maple. The Birch and Maple were found prefinished one side but the Walnut was only available raw & had to be finished with 4 coats of Polycrylic and waxed.
The composition is meant to be dispersed and mostly a uniform field providing a layered, busy backdrop for the uniform spacing, height, and display of the owner’s collection of lp albums and their covers. The idea is that they can be changed out easily and so the frames are set on a ledge designed with an angled groove so the frames will not fall over and will naturally want to fall against the panel wall. This way swapping records & albums is as easy as pulling a book off of a shelf. |
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Above: digital model of south panel wall
Right: the real one . . .
Below: Digital model render |
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Below: the plywood . . . Soon to be the panels. |
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The Bell House Projects Phase 2 Overview: Guest House, Pool, Carport & More
Album Wall Layered Plane Background
Phase2, Carport Canopy, Initial Layout Concept
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The Bell House Projects Phase 2 Overview: Guest House, Pool, Carport & More
Album Wall Layered Plane Background
Phase2, Carport Canopy, Initial Layout Concept
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Above: Rhino model showing the location of the panel walls. In this screen shot, the walls to the right were also laid out with panel backdrops, but were nix’d to keep the budget focused.
Right: video summary of the hidden door . . .
Below: sketch of the sliding track adapter brackets |
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Above: Digital model of the North wall with its hidden panel door. Right: The real panel wall & hidden door . . .
Below: initial sketch idea for panel idea |