{"id":112,"date":"2012-05-23T23:53:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T23:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2012-05-23T23:53:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T23:53:40","slug":"carbon-fiber-tape-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Fiber Tape Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-112-1' class='gallery gallery-112'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool05.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_small.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool02.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool03.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool07.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/foam+carbon_stool07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>The ingenuity at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nendo.jp\/en\/works\/detail.php?g=furniture&amp;t=210\" target=\"_blank\">nendo<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with materials span a wide gamut, but for our purposes we are focusing today on two of their projects that deal with composite materials. This project is titled\u00a0<em>Visible Structures<\/em>\u00a0is more materially experimental then the Book House. Inspired by the use of carbon fiber as supporting material found in seismic retrofits in Japan, they have taken the lowly foam core and cardboard and applied carbon fiber tape, creating sturdy and durable furniture. \u00a0Read more on this and see more images after the break. Photos courtesy of nendo.<\/p>\n<p>From nendo: \u201cThanks to its lightness and toughness, carbon fiber furniture can take on a multitude of different forms. As a result, the carbon fiber furniture has gained an almost stereotypical futuristic image.<\/p>\n<p>For this collection, we wanted to explore new possibilities for expression by using carbon fiber in a supporting role to emphasize and accentuate the main material, rather than as the star in its own right. We arrived at this idea after thinking about carbon fiber\u2019s use as a supporting building material, a technique developed after the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Wrapped around pillars or bridge girders, carbon fiber cladding can provide additional seismic resistance for civil engineering works that would be difficult to reinforce against earthquakes through traditional methods.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon fiber bends when used on its own, but when used to \u2018sandwich\u2019 weaker materials like cardboard and polystyrene, the other material\u2019s compressed strength works to suppress its pliancy, creating a strong, light composite material. Adhering the carbon fibers to the surface like tape or a sticker achieves the strength necessary for furniture.<\/p>\n<p>This new method of making overturns both the traditional composition of internal structure and external cladding and the basic manufacturing process in which the structure is first formed then finished common to both architecture and furniture, ultimately reorganizing the relationship\u00a0between structural form and surface material.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ingenuity at\u00a0nendo\u00a0with materials span a wide gamut, but for our purposes we are focusing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}