Materiality & Assembly (Systems)

Site Visit date: 1/2/2019

The images below illustrate the use of Spider fitting system used at the Whitney Museum. The system acts as a force that holds the glass and also protects the glass from heavy wind load.

 

The long wires as seen in the sketch below arise from the ground and move all the way up to the ceiling. There’s also an apparent rhythm present in the front facade of the structure, where horizontal and vertical lines meet to create a linear pattern.

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