SXSW Features #Parametric Vault Designed by OTA+ and UT Students. The CNC-fabricated structure was originally conceived to exhibit the prototypes and winning project from the TEX-FAB's 2013 SKIN Competition before being reassembled as part of the Next Stage and Renegade Craft Fair at the annual interactive, music, and film festival. To enable a smooth transition from a flat, two-dimensional ground surface into a volumetric, three-dimensional vault, the studio used a diamond pattern that could work as both an aggregate and woven rib-system. Though the diamond pattern appears to be series of stacked cells, the structure is actually three layers of overlapping ribs. Large, continuous primary ribs form the seams from vault to vault, while secondary ribs span between each seam. Tertiary ribs complete the web and enclose each cell to create a rigid structure. . Please follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/parametric.architecture . #texas #universityoftexas #schoolofarchitecture #installation #fabrication #digitalfabrication #fabricate #digitaldesign #design #designer #parametric #grasshopper3d #rhinoceros3d #parametricarchitecture #parametricdesign #parametricism #architecture #architect #architectureporn #architecturestudents #architecturestudent #studentwork #architecturephotography #mimar #mimarlik #arquitectura #архитектура (at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture)