REUSABLE WALL
Location Tehran, Iran
Date 2018
Employer Novin Co.
REUSABLE WALL
Tehran, Iran | 2018
Designers: MEHRDAD AZIZKHANI, NEDA YOUSEFI
In this project, our goal was to design the main dividing wall of an exhibition booth. At the Tehran International Exhibition, after the end of each exhibition, all the booths are destroyed, and the used materials are not recycled, and therefore a lot of materials are wasted, so the challenge before us was to design this reusable wall. The wall algorithm was designed up to the concept stage, then in the Fabrication stage to achieve the desired goal, we decided on the main material, from plywood for beauty and cutability by CNC machines and from neodymium magnet due to high strength and temporary connection instead. Use screws or nails for connections. The components were divided into four main categories: bottom plates, top plates with the ability to connect lighting, columns, and wall filler components.
All parts were divided into smaller parts according to the size of the cutting machine plate and plywood sheets and were nested in specific sheets. To facilitate the project, a wall assembly plan was prepared, and all parts were coded. The coding of the larger number of fillers was done in such a way that each column of parts was placed in a group and arranged from top to bottom. For example, section C13-24 is in column 13 and is the twenty-fourth section in that column. In order not to see the parts codes in the final project, the parts codes above the observer’s view were inserted above them, and the parts codes below the observer’s view were inserted below them.
• Bottom plates, top plates, and columns: 2.5 mm thick plywood
• Wall filler parts: made of plywood with a thickness of 1.5 mm
• Connections: Round neodymium magnet with a diameter of 10 mm and a thickness of 2 mm
To make the pieces look better, we polished them in two steps and coated them with special wood oil. Then we page the perforated neodymium magnet in place. Finally, all the parts were prepared and packaged in the workshop and then exhibited for installation.
