Info
- Dimensions: 15×15 m with a maximum height of 12 m
- Material: More than 600 m³ of machined polystyrene
- Top opening: 4 m for natural lighting
What we do
- Design in 3D and planning through methodology BIM
- Machining of more than 700 unique parts of large dimensions
- Polystyrene cutting with CNC and high-precision machining robots
Materials
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS)
- Metal structure
- Technical mortars
We managed the machining in our facilities of more than 600m³ of polystyrene where we shaped a large grotto located in a hotel complex in Thailand. We actively participated in both the manufacture and the construction solution.
A great challenge to provide a solution to a project with very particular characteristics. It was a question of developing together with our client, the constructive solution, 3D model and ideal quartering for the assembly on site of the base in polystyrene for the conformation of a grotto of interior measures 15,00×15,00m with a height in the centre of 12,00m and an upper opening, in order to give light to the whole complex, 4,00m. Here, EP elements acted as the designer and manufacturer of the pieces, all of which were unique, with a total of more than 700 large pieces.
One of the main reasons that led EP elements to win this project was the great capacity it has in the design and development of 3D models, as well as their manufacture using hot wire cutting CNC and powerful machining robots.
Thanks to the aforementioned, EP elements was able to show the client in advance how the result of this "assembly meccano" would look like, where using BIM (building information modelling) methodology we previously emulated the entire project, solving any interference with the existing open-plan building. Because of this, we also had to design the proposed metal structure in 3D, so that all parts were tailored to what the work had already been installed, this is our method.
