Parametric Feature Wall

A cast metal wall derived from the bird's eye view of a shipping yard, modeled parametrically and cast component by component.

The wall draws from an unexpected source: the view of a shipping yard from space. The reference ties Uber Freight's mission directly to the architecture of its office.

Using Grasshopper, we built a parametric model tuned to the exact constraints of the space, then sliced the model into individual cast components, each one unique but part of a continuous field.

Mold creation was automated so the volume of unique parts stayed economical, and the castings were finished and assembled on site into a single continuous surface.