Cellular Tessellation Vivid Light Festival, Sydney, NSW

The project is a pavilion designed using Rhino and Grasshopper, and is an exploration in geometric resolution of a complex surface, subdivided using a variation of the Voronoi tessellation. The project employs alucobond sheeting, acrylic, and HDPE plastic to create 380 individual cells, all nested to create the overall pavilion.

Completed 2014.

Cellular Tessellation was created at Bond University Abedian School of Architecture with the support of the Faculty of Society and Design. Practice directors Jonathan Nelson and Chris Knapp carried out this project in their capacity as academics at Bond University, with student designer Michael Parsons. 

• Engineering by Phil Wallace Consulting Engineers, Byron Bay.

• HDPE and acrylic from All Star Plastics.

• Alucobond from Rowel Logistics.

• Plywood floor supplied by Studio Workshop.

• LEDs supplied by OzDiodes.

• Volunteer labour provided generously by students from Bond University, UTS, UNSW, and USyd.