This research project is an offshoot of the development of the funicular flooring system which proposes to replace conventional shuttering with traditional woven mats when casting arched floor slabs.
The beautiful, subtle patterned rendering of the woven mats in the concrete is a source of inspiration and we are looking to incorporate it into other parts of the building.
Ideally, mats would be sourced from communities in the vicinity of the construction site, thereby creating local work opportunities and celebrating indigenous crafts.
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Hand woven mat to be used as formwork for the funicular floor, – Malawi, 2021
Diagram illustrating construction of funicular floor – Venice Biennale, 2021
Reed matting for use as formwork in construction of the funicular floor – Cape Town, 2020
Relief pattern created in nonCrete by woven formwork – Cape Town, 2020
Detail of relief pattern cast in nonCrete by woven formwork – Cape Town, 2020
