Noah's Prism
Primrose Hill, London
Computational design for Loop.pH
Noah's Prism, designed by Loop.pH, was a 650m² temporary structure situated in North London, in the backyard of a house where Sigmund Freud lived for a short while in 1938. I was involved in the form-finding process of the 25m by 25m tent structure, collaborating with Will Pearson (Format Engineers) to set up a physics simulation in Kangaroo for Grasshopper which was used to calculate the deflections and dimension the members by the engineers. The experimental structure was erected around 4 internal scaffolding poles and a number of perimetral vertical supports using a hoisting mechanism from the ground. The columns were temporarily anchored with a network of braided steel guy wires while the cable net and prismatic PVC film was fixed in place.
October 2015
Side elevation of the digital model
One of the four central masts protruding through the tent structure
View from the window
Loop.pH art installation inside Noah's Prism
View from the balcony
View from the window
View from the window
One of the four central masts protruding through the tent structure
Interior of the tent
Prismatic film & cable net detail
Prismatic film & cable net detail
Kangaroo analysis model
False colour plan view of the physics simulation
Physics simulation and form finding process in Kangaroo
False colour image of the structural analysis
Early design iteration
