Bronze Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2023
Nestwood Gallery
by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team
- A' Design Award 2023 Bronze Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Z Square Group
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,794
- Verification code A5046FAE5C · Verify this award
About Nestwood Gallery
Nestwood is a gallery and office interior created as a shared space for creative industries. The interior covers 600 square meters over two floors. Generative design methods shaped the organic forms of the space. Robotic digital fabrication was used to build the complex geometry in marine grade stainless steel, glass fiber reinforced gypsum, marble and perforated aluminum. An organically shaped reception marks the entrance and is backed by a small bio-pond. A central atrium with naturally inspired walls and a staircase serves as a hub for exchanging ideas.
Press Kit
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - Image Credits
- Photographer, Hubert Ye Hua, 2022
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Z Square Group and Manifold Lab, 2022.