{"391081":{"#nid":"391081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jetson Jets into Clough Building","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn a daily basis the Clough building has a quiet intensity, fueled by study groups, lectures and students preparing for their next class. Starting this week in that central campus location, students, faculty and staff alike will discover a new source of inspiration thanks to School of Architecture Assistant Professor Volkan Alkanoglu\u2019s latest project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EJetson, so named for it\u2019s futuristic appearance, is fabricated out of 1,276 unique water jet cut and pre-painted aluminium components, which are connected by over 14,000 stainless steel rivets.\u0026nbsp; Assembled like a large three-dimensional puzzle, the design forms an elegant, soft and dynamic volume. \u0026nbsp;The individually cut and rolled 0.25 millimeter \u0026nbsp;aluminum pieces form a continuously overlapping network of scales with dependence on each other. This multi-connectivity generates tremendous structural stiffness while still being exceptionally lightweight\u0026nbsp;\u2014 as big as it is, it only weighs roughly 110 pounds!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EThe project builds on Alkanoglu\u2019s research on lightweight surface structures and the fabrication of complex geometries. Because the existing wall and balustrades in the Clough atrium are only able to hold a limited weight, the project team had to think creatively in order to hang it. Their solution was to construct it of painted and anodized aluminium and suspend it using eight pulleys and stainless steel cables. All of the fabrication was done in the College of Architecture\u2019s Digital Fabrication Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EThe suspension, masterminded by Alkanoglu\u2019s colleague Professor Russell Gentry, achieves both aesthetic and pragmatic objectives. \u0026nbsp;Jetson had to be connected to the building but the team wanted to achieve an appearance of an independent object floating freely in space. From the fundamentals of three-dimensional equilibrium, suspending the piece from more than three cables meant that the load in the cables is a function of the sculpture\u2019s stiffness and mass\u0026nbsp;\u2014 but the team didn\u2019t want the redundant cables to be slack. Therefore, a series of counterweights were used to keep the cables taught, and also to limit the forces in any one cable, so that the thin-wall structure is protected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Jetson\u2019s time in Clough will be limited, the project team hopes that it will serve as inspiration for all while it\u2019s there. And, although it\u2019s not outwardly evident, it is clear in the design that Jetson is meant to fly. It is the hope of Alkanoglu and his team that Jetson will fly one day, thanks to engineers from Georgia Tech!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EProject Team:\u003C\/strong\u003E Volkan Alkanoglu, Russell Gentry, Ainsley McMaster, Derin Yilmaz, Jessica Greenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EInstallation and Fabrication Team:\u003C\/strong\u003E David Moore, Heather Potts, Patricia Samartzis, Elpida Peponis, Annie Jenkins, Julie Echeverri, Ishrat Lopa, Alex Gillette, Son Vu Grace Reed, Abigail Smith, Sayuj Srivastava \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EConsultants:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Lauren Stewart\u0026nbsp;\u2014 Computational Modeling \/ High Performance Computing, Jake Tompkins\u0026nbsp;\u2014 Digital Fabrication\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Volkan Alkanoglu\u2019s work and research, visit his website at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alkanoglu.com\u0022\u003Ewww.alkanoglu.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new piece of public art created by School of Architecture faculty and students installed in Clough Commons\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new piece of public art created by School of Architecture faculty and students installed in Clough Commons"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2015-03-26 15:03:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"391141":{"id":"391141","type":"image","title":"Jetson in Clough","body":null,"created":"1449246312","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:12","changed":"1475894403","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:03","alt":"Jetson in Clough","file":{"fid":"75543","name":"volkan_alkanoglu_02.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/volkan_alkanoglu_02.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/volkan_alkanoglu_02.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4885233,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/volkan_alkanoglu_02.jpeg?itok=lM0hNNVU"}},"169741":{"id":"169741","type":"image","title":"Volkan Alkonoglu","body":null,"created":"1449178978","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:58","changed":"1475894809","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:49","alt":"Volkan Alkonoglu","file":{"fid":"195681","name":"volkan_new.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/volkan_new_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/volkan_new_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5857,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/volkan_new_0.jpg?itok=MwugS4or"}}},"media_ids":["391141","169741"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14657","name":"digital fabrication lab"},{"id":"10403","name":"russell gentry"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"122661","name":"Volkan Alkanoglu"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}