Term: Spring 2021
Professor: Maged Guerguis
Program: Park, Amphitheater
Site: Worlds Fair Park, Knoxville, TN
Professor: Maged Guerguis
Program: Park, Amphitheater
Site: Worlds Fair Park, Knoxville, TN
This 3rd year technology
project considered a redesign
of Knoxville’s famous Worlds
Fair Park Amphitheater,
originally designed by McCarty
Holsaple McCarty Architects.
The project began with testing
and understanding structural
systems of varying complexity
using Karamba, a software
plugin for Grasshopper. Karamba
in conjunction with Kangaroo,
another plugin which focuses on
physical simulation, allowed for
testing of complex forms such as
space trusses.
Redesiging the Worlds Fair Park Amphitheater also required understanding these systems in the application of large tensile structures. The design tested here drew inspiration from the Rosa Parks Transit Terminal in Detroit, MI. The tensile fabric and structural steel frame were also run through a Kangaroo script to document stresses within the system.
Redesiging the Worlds Fair Park Amphitheater also required understanding these systems in the application of large tensile structures. The design tested here drew inspiration from the Rosa Parks Transit Terminal in Detroit, MI. The tensile fabric and structural steel frame were also run through a Kangaroo script to document stresses within the system.
