The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap by Scott Flett is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Beusi in Citak 3D Competition Category.
BeusiCitak 3D· 2023
The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap
by Scott Flett
Client: Scott Flett Architecture Workshop.
A' Design Award Beusi Winner in Citak 3D Category
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The Design
About The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap
Téks Buku: Flett nyaéta flashing atap anu dirarancang pikeun cladding arsitéktural standing seam. Flashing ieu diproduksi ngaliwatan cétak 3D make plastik ASA, ukuranana 265 kali 50 kali 100 milimeter sarta kandelna 2 milimeter. Bentukna nyelapkeun handap salah sahiji lambar cladding, ngamungkinkeun parobahan arah, tuluy nyelapkeun luhur lambar salajengna. Bagian ieu disaluyukeun kalawan profil sarta warna lambar atap, sarta bahanna stabil sacara termal, stabil kana sinar UV, sarta teu toksik. Flashing bisa dipasang sacara runtuyan ku tukang bangunan umum, sarta miboga tujuan pikeun ngurangan bocor di titik simpang atap anu rumit.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Beusi
The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap mangrupa juara A' Design Award Beusi, pangakuan anu bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain alus anu minuhan sarat profésional jeung industri anu diharepkeun tina kréasi anu dirarancang alus. Para juara Beusi nunjukkeun kaahlian anu hébat, spésialisasi anu luhur, pamahaman ahli jeung kamampuh kréatif para kréatorna. The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap diharepkeun jadi kréasi anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu praktis jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Beusi ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna industri sarta ngabogaan ciri téknis anu mampuh pakait jeung pangweruh praktis jeung bakat. The Flett Fungsi Utama: Flashing Atap dihormat pikeun katelitianana sarta dirarancang pikeun méré paningkatan kualitas hirup anu mantuan ngajadikeun dunya tempat nu leuwih hadé.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Flett Flashing is the world’s first 3D printed roof flashing. 3D printing allows the flashing to perfectly match any specified roofing profile and colour and permits junctions between roofing sheets of different pitches to be installed without difficulty. This invention makes architectural cladding quicker, easier and cheaper to install and represents a step change for the roofing and cladding industry.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 265mm x 50mm x 100mm
2mm thick ASA plastic, color matched to roofing profile. - Tags
- roof, flashing, roof flashing, 3d print, 3d printing, additive forming
- Production Technology
- The Flett flashing is produced with 3d printing or additive forming.
I designed a mold that under-laps the sectional profile of standing seam cladding sheet, permits any change in direction and then overlaps the sectional profile of an subsequent sheet.
I developed an additive manufacturing process that consistently produces a robust product that is thermally stable, UV stable, nontoxic and color matched to the roofing sheet.
I developed an installation method that allows the sheets to be installed in sequence and quickly. The installed product looks clean, simple and aesthetically consistent. - Design Challenge
- Architectural Cladding is installed by specialist trade personnel. This generally requires decades of experience, is time consuming and as a consequent is expensive. This often leads to architectural cladding being priced out of commerciality. With the Flett Flashing, this can be installed by carpenters, builders or other trades without the requirement of a specialist trade.
- Research
- The Flett Flashing aspires to catalyse a global rethink of roof design.
The world has only modestly changed the way it designs roofs since the invention of corrugated iron in 1829.
Roofs are at the very essence of shelter. Our shelter, and built environment as a whole, needs to respond to its environment.
This is particularly applicable in Australia, where the homes are still often styled on European and American homes. Australia deserves to have a roof design that suits its conditions.
The Flett Flashing is this Australian design. It not only gives greater creative options to architects and better solutions for builders but it also responds to our unique environmental challenges, and way of life.
Everyone knows someone whose roof has leaked. It is one of the most common building defects and even minor damage causes an immense financial burden. The Flett Flashing aims to prevent this problem. - Inspiration
- Traditional Metal Roofing or Architectural Cladding continues to be an enduring method of cladding throughout the world. One of the design challenges of using architectural cladding is how to resolve junctions. The issue is that each standing seam panel is asymmetrical and must be installed in sequence. There is currently no product on the market for architectural cladding that facilitates a quick change in direction. This has been done by hand for hundreds of years. The design challenge is to create a durable and aesthetically pleasing flashing suitable for standing seam cladding that is quick and easy to install.
- Project Duration
- The project started on January 2017 and is ongoing.
The Flett Flashing has been installed on a house that I built in Hobart, Tasmania.
The Flett flashing is a derivative of 4 years of relentless design iterations and constant printing. The form is the result of over 1000 days of improvement.
I am continuing the commercialisation of this invention in Sydney at the UNSW start up hub: 'Founders'. - Operation Flow
- I hope to inspire the world to improve roof design.
I am the first architect in the world to have designed a 3d printed roof flashing. I am also the first builder in the world to have manufactured and installed a 3d printed roof flashing.
I have shown that architects can have more design options and builders have more solutions. I have demonstrated that 3d printing belongs in the collective site toolbox.
Australia, and the world, has a problem with leaking roofs. Difficult junctions and poor roof design are the leading causes of roof leaks. My design addresses this problem.
The Flett Flashing can be tailored to suit multiple profiles, responding to design requirements of its local environment, enabling application to a wide range of locations. - Patents
- Patented. Patent No 2020314005. Year 2020. Australia
Trademark: 2022. Scott Flett Architecture Workshop
Flett: Australian Trade Mark Registration No. 2217228
The Flett Flashing: Registered Design 201915882
Australian Patent: 2020314005
PCT/AU2020/050728 - Team Members
- Scott Flett
- Image Credits
- Video Credits: Chris Shurman and Charles Whittington
Image Credits: Chris Shurman and Mark Lobo
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