LIVING ARCHITECTURE SYSTEMS GROUP

Chevron Column
Riverview High School, Riverview New Brunswick
Workshop 2020, Rob Gorbet and Ian Fogarty

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Publisher: Riverside Architectural Press, www.riversidearchitecturalpress.ca
© Riverside Architectural Press and Living Architecture Systems Group 2020

Title: Chevron Column : Riverview High School, Riverview New Brunswick 2020, Rob
Gorbet and Ian Fogarty / Living Architecture Systems Group.

Names: Beesley, Philip, 1956- editor. | Living Architecture Systems Group, issuing body.

Edited by Philip Beesley.

Identifiers: Canadiana 20200355260 | ISBN 978-1-988366-35-7

Subjects: LCSH: Architecture—Details. | LCGFT: Patterns (Instructional works)

Classification: LCC NA2841 .C54 2020 | DDC 729—dc23

Design and Production: Bianca Weeko Martin, Nikola Miloradovic, Muhammad Tahir Pervaiz

Publication: October 2020

Riverside Architectural Press
7 Melville St, Cambridge, ON

Printed in Toronto, Canada.

All rights reserved.

The patterns and components documented within this publication and related physical
samples are designed by Philip Beesley Studio Inc./Living Architecture Systems Group
(PBSI/LASG). They are shared under open source Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon
this work non-commercially, as long as they credit PBSI/LASG and license their new
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This book is set in Garamond and Gill Sans.

This folio was produced in association with Ian Fogarty and Rob Gorbet for Riverview High
School students in New Brunswick, Canada. Workshop activities were supported by this open-
source material during the Fall term of 2020.
Contents

Column Push-on Components 2

Nested Chevrons & Assembly 3

Chevron Mesh Tessellation 4

Chevron Structure 5

Unfolded Column Parts Layout 6

Chevron Column Detail View 7

Exploded & Assembled View of Column 8

Cutting Patterns 9

Nested Cutsheets for 300 mm Stock 10

 2.6
59.15

2.6mm
2.6mm

2.6mm
99.7

0 2 5 10 mm

59.1
59.1
2.2

59.1
33.1 33.1 47.7 47.7
0
33.1 47.7
Chevron Push-On Component Jaw Detail Narrow Chevron Regular Chevron

0 2 5 10 mm
100.06

99.7
0 10 25 50 mm

99.7
99.7
97.3 97.3
dia dia

97.3 dia 33.3 33.3

33.3

End Plate - Top & Bottom End Chevron

0 10 25 50 mm

Note: Dimensions shown refer to machining paths. Machining kerf would yield slightly smaller parts. To ensure
secure friction fit of joints prior to mass production, test and refine if required, based on actual machining kerf results
in selected material.
0

Chevron Push-on Components 0 10 2

0 2 10 CHEVRON
25 COLUMN50 mm
 1
Chevron Mesh Components
0 10 25 50 100 150 mm

2
Assembly 3 Mesh 4 Ring

chevron assembly
Nested Chevrons diagrams
& Assembly
1 Chevron cutsheet tessellation 2 Snap-fit assembly 3 Basic mesh assembly 4 Column mesh assembly
3
5 Column cap plate 6 Transition column taper 7 Basic mesh assembly 8 Kissing pore base plate
9 Column assembly 10 Breathing column assembly
Chevron Mesh Tessellation
CHEVRON COLUMN 4
 Chevron Column Structure Mesh - Plan

0 25 50 100 mm
Chevron Column Structure Mesh - Elevation
0 25 50 100 mm

0 25 50 100 mm

Column Structure
5
 01

01

02

02
03
End Plate - Top
03
04 Qty:1
04
05

01 01 05
End Chevron
01
06 Qty: 12
06
02 02
02 07

07 Narrow Chevron Aluminum Twelve Way Plate

03 03 03
08 Qty: 36
08
04 04 04
09
P
05
01 05 09 05
01 Plate Chevron
10
06 06 10 06
02
02 11 C

07 07 11 07 Aluminum Aluminum
Twelve Way Plate
Twelve
Aluminum
C7B Way Plate
Twelve
Narrow Way Plate
Chevron
03 03
12
08 08 12 08
04 04 C
13
C7B Easy Connect Chevron
01
09
05 09 01 09
13
05 Plate Chevron
Plate Chevron
Plate Chevron
14

06
10 10 14 1006 6
02 02
15 6CB Regular Chevron
11
07 11 15 1107 C7B Narrow
Aluminum Twelve
C7B C7B
Way
Narrow Narrow
Aluminum
Chevron Plate
Chevron Chevron
Twelve Way Plate
03 03
16 Regular Chevron
6
12
08
04 12 16 1208
04 Qty: 168
17 C7B
6CB Easy Connect
Zipper (Right Chevron
Side)
C7B Easy Connect
C7B EasyChevron
Connect Chevron
13
01
05 13 05 1309
17
09 Plate Chevron
Plate Chevron
18
6
06
14 14 06 1410
18
10
02 6CB Zipper (Left Side)
6CB Regular Chevron
19 6CB Regular
6CBChevron
Regular Chevron
1511 C7B NarrowTwelve
Aluminum Chevron
Way Plate
15
07 15 07 Aluminum Twelve
C7B Narrow Way
ChevronPlate
11
03 19
6
20
1612
16
08 16 08
20
12
04
6CBEasy
C7B Zipper (RightChevron
Side)
21 6CB Zipper6CB
(Right
C7B Easy Connect (Right Connect
Side)
Zipper
Chevron Side)
1713
05
17
13
09 17 21
09
Plate Chevron Plate Chevron

1814 22
06
18
14
10 18 10
22 6CB Zipper (Left Side)
6CB Zipper6CB
(Left Side)
Zipper6CB(Left Side)Chevron
Regular
15 6CB Regular Chevron
19 Aluminum Twelve
C7B Narrow WayC7B
Chevron PlateNarrow Chevron
07
15
11
19 11
19
16
08
16
12
20 20 12
20 Narrow Chevron
17
21
Qty: 36C7B
6CBEasy
Zipper
6CB Zipper (Right Side)
C7B Easy Connect Chevron
(RightChevron
Connect Side)
13
21
09 21 13
17
Plate Chevron
18
22 End Chevron 6CB Zipper (Left Side)
14
10 14
18
22 22
Qty: 126CB Zipper (Left Side)6CB Regular Chevron
19 6CB Regular Chevron
15
11 15 C7B Narrow Chevron
19
20 End Plate - Bottom
16 16
12
20 Qty:1
21 6CB 6CB Zipper (Right Side)
C7B Zipper (Right Side)
Easy Connect Chevron
13
17
21 17
0 100 200 400 mm
22
14
18 18
22 6CB Zipper (Left Side)6CB Zipper (Left Side)
6CB Regular Chevron

Unfolded Column Parts Layout

15
19 19

16
20 20

6 CHEVRON 21
COLUMN 6CB Zipper (Right Side)
21
17

18
22 22
6CB Zipper (Left Side)
 Column Top Detail

Column Bottom Detail Exploded Column View

Chevron Column - Detail View

7
 End Plate - Top
Qty:1

End Chevron
Qty:12

Narrow Chevron
Qty:36

Regular Chevron
Qty:168

Narrow Chevron
Qty:36

End Chevron
Qty:12

End Plate - Bottom

Qty:1

Exploded & Assembled View of Column

8 CHEVRON COLUMN
 Regular Chevron | Qty: 168 per column

End Chevron | Qty: 24 per column

Narrow Chevron | Qty: 72 per column

End Plate | Qty: 2 per column

0 50 100 200 mm

Cutting Pattern
9
 300.00
300.0

300.00

Component cut sheets composed on 300 mm x 300 mm sheet samples

0 50 100 200 mm

Nested Cutsheets for 300 mm Stock

10 CHEVRON COLUMN
LIVING ARCHITECTURE SYSTEMS GROUP

Chevron Column
Riverview High School, Riverview New Brunswick

This folio contains digital fabrication component cutting patterns and assembly
instructions for constructing a diagrid chevron column using push-together
laser-cut components. The assembly forms a part of a large collection
of lightweight components developed by the earlier Hylozoic Ground
Collaboration and the current Living Architecture Systems Group. This folio
was produced in association with Ian Fogarty and Rob Gorbet for Riverview
High School students in New Brunswick, Canada. Workshop activities were
supported by this open-source material during the Fall term of 2020.

Riverside Architectural Press