THE GATE OF NOWHERE

A group of architecture students made this construction as part of a course in architecture at the University of Thessaly. The inspiration for the design of the structure came from the mythology of Eleusina, more specific from the Eleusinian mysteries and the myth of Persephone. The Mysteries are related to a myth concerning Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and fertility as recounted in one of the Homeric Hymns, according to the hymn, Demeter's daughter Persephone. One day took her to his underworld kingdom, Hades. That’s the main reason why they decided to design a passage from the world to the underworld. The construction declares an in-between side. It’s a wooden structure made of plain elements that create a passage meant to be a gate. The construction will be placed in an entrance of an exhibition park in Eleusina sity.

MATERIALS

WOOD 0.12X0.12X69m.

SHEET METAL STRIPS 0.10X 26.5m

HEXAGON SCREWS ∅6mm

NUTS FOR SCREW ∅6mm

BOLT ∅6mm.

WIDE WASHER FOR SCREW ∅6mm

PAPER TAPE

PENCIL

MARKER

TAPE MEASURE

RULER/ CORNER

NUTS 12mm

DRILL FOR METAL 6mm.

DRILL FOR WOOD 6mm.

SAFETY

SAFETY GLASSES

WORK APRON

GLOVES

TOOLS

BENCH SAW

ELECTRIC HANDWHEEL

METAL CUTTING DISC

ELECTRIC DRILL SCREWDRIVER

WRENCH

STRANGA

CHISEL

RASP

HAMMER

VICE

VIDEO HOW TO

https://vimeo.com/840814009

OBTAIN THE REQUIRED MATERIALS AND PREPARE YOUR WORKPLACE TO CONSTRUCT

MEASURE THE WOOD PIECES, CHECK THE 1ST DATA SHEET TO BEGIN THE WOOD CUTING

CHECK IN STEP 2 IF YOUR WOOD PIECES ARE ALIGNED CORRECTLY AND THE DEGREES ARE OK.

CUT THE METAL STRIPS, MARK THE CENTER AND THE POINTS WHERE THE HOLES WILL BE OPENED, AND OPEN THE HOLES.

PLACE EACH FRAME ON THE GROUND AND PUT A METAL ELEMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF EACH CONNECTION.

CUT THE WOODEN PART THAT IS MAIN FOR THE BASE THE WEIGHT THAT IS UPLOADED (3_DATA SHEET). AND PLACE THE WOODEN PIECES ON THE PLANE BASE, IN A WAY THAT LOCKS.

JOIN TOGETHER THE ELEMENTS WITH THE WRIGHT CENTER BASED ON THE DOWN RIGHT ANGLE OF THE CONSTRACTION.

LIFT THE CONSTRUCTION ,DRILL AND PASS THROUGH THE DIZA AT THE POINTS THAT THE PIECES ALIGNE .