As the cnc components didnt work out right, I opted to cut them on the laser cutter instead. The thicker material would ensure they were visible without too much inspection and the form, shape and the role they played on the building was clear. As they were in two halves I had to assemble them also.



In hindsight all the parts for the tensile system should have been made in white acrylic. This would have meant that they would have required no painting and would have not left paint marks on the glazing of which there are a few small ones.

Once the model was up on its backboard my own personal opinion was that it lacked a context, I asked my team mates about lkaser etching the rest of the building onto the backboard to set off the rest of the model.



This was taken onboard so I emailed Catherine Smith of Wilkinson Eyre to ask her for the drawing. She sent it through, unfortunately none of the tensile system on the drawing was shown at the thickness we had built it. We had to increase the size of the tensile components to allow for continuiity with our model.



Above you can see the drawing of the etching for the backboard. Using this mock up allowed us to make minute adjustments depending on where our model was hittting the backboard.