Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery) by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team

Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery) by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ApamemeaTotonu· 2023

Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery)

by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team

Client: Z Square Group

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery)

O Nestwood o se fale faaaliga ma ofisa i totonu na fausia e fai ma avanoa faasoa mo pisinisi fatuga. O le vaega i totonu e aofia ai le 600 mita fasitele i luga o fogafale e lua. O metotia fatuga generative na fausia ai foliga faanatura o le avanoa. Sa faaaogaina fausiga numera roposeta e fausia ai le geometry lavelave i le uamea uama vaimoana (marine grade stainless steel), kesa faamalosia ma alava tioata (glass fiber reinforced gypsum), maamora ma alumini pupuni. O se mea talia foliga faanatura e faailoga ai le ulufale ma e lagolagoina i tua e se vaituloto laitiiti mo meaola (bio-pond). O se atrium totonu e i ai puipui faaosofia mai le natura ma se faasitepu e avea ma nofoaga autu mo le fefaasoaaiga o manatu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery), o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery) e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Nestwood Mamanu i Totonu o le Fale Faaaliga (Gallery) e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Nestwood Gallery is an oasis shared by multiple creative industries.
The design process uses experimental generative design to create an organic space. Each spatial detail is further fabricated with robots using the latest digital fabrication technology to replicate the complex geometry from the computer.
An organically shaped reception marks the entrance and greets the visitors, backed by a mini bio-pond: a mini-ecosystem is balanced by the atrium light, nitrogen, recycled water and minor species. The visitor is then welcomed by naturally inspired atrium walls, where a stair case leads the visitor to the upper level.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600 square meter, 2 floors office
30 m (l) x 10 m (w) x 7m (h)
Digital Fabrication Material Specs: 316L Marine Grade Stainless Steel, Glass Fiber Reinforced Gympsum, Nero Marquina Marble, Perforated Aluminum with Flurocarbon Coating, Plated Fiberglass & CNC Baltic Birch
Tags: office, digital fabrication, z square group, manifold lab, computational design, generative design
Production Technology: Stainless Steel 316L Digital Fabrication: Cold forming & robotic folding
GFRG: Robotic Forming
Perforated Metal: Laser Cut
Coffee Table: Robotic & CNC
Design Challenge: The creative challenge is to realize designers full vision outside the industry's comfort zone. Manifold Lab experimented multiple digital fabrication method to create the full architectural scale space.
Research: Design research: generative design, NURBs, catmull-clark Subdivision
Material research: robotics, GFRG, stainless steel bending, laser cutting, CNC marble
Inspiration: Mathematical forms inspire the organic office space that exists in nature - the design seeks balance between beauty and ration. Program wise, the oasis is aimed to be a creative exchange space for designers and creative industries.
Multiple experimental fabrication methods were explored before finalizing the design to realize the designers' vision.
Project Duration: Project started in 2020 and finished in September 2022 in Toronto.
Operation Flow: The central atrium act as a hub for design teams to exchange ideas.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Z Square Group and Manifold Lab, 2022.
Team Members: Mengdi Zhen
Nan Zeng
Steven Avis
Ying Guo
Ken Yu
Image Credits: Photographer, Hubert Ye Hua, 2022