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# Perforated Wood Structure

Perforated Wood Structure: a project by Alexander Frings (2024), in the Computational design and digital fabrication family.

Architectural membrane that modulates light through computationally generated perforation patterns. Algorithmic optimization for structural lightness and aesthetic complexity.

![Image of the project Perforated Wood Structure](https://apexdesign.cl/projects/estructura-perforada-madera.webp)

## Project file

- **Year:** 2024
- **Family:** [Computational design and digital fabrication](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files)
- **Author:** [Alexander Frings](https://apexdesign.cl/en/about), Design Engineer with an MSc in Innovation and Design
- **Map:** [Art, on the physical side](https://apexdesign.cl/en/map)

## Technologies and topics

- Grasshopper
- Parametric Architecture
- Wood
- Light Modulation
- Computational Design

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- [Parametric Tree Table](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/mesa-arbol-parametrica) (2023), shares Grasshopper, Wood: Nature doesn't design in straight lines. This table was born from a concrete purpose: making the inorganic look organic. The base was algorithmically…

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- [3D Modular Structure](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/estructura-modular-3d): A construction system where no panel is the protagonist: architecture emerges from assembly. An exploration of how the repetition of a…

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