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HACKING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE WEEK 04
- FINAL DISCUSSION - OVERVIEW OF INFLATABLES
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- FINAL DISCUSSION - OVERVIEW OF INFLATABLES
4 HOT AIR BALLOONS IN LATE 18TH CENTURY FRANCE
90 year cycles, 1870’s, then 1960’s.
5 USMAN HAQUE, BURBLE
Modular pieces assembled and designed by the public
6 USMAN HAQUE, BURBLE
Made of approximately 140 six foot modules
7 USMAN HAQUE, BURBLE
Each baloon contains a sensor and microcontroller and led. Part installation, part performance.
8 SOAP BUBBLES
9 MATRIX OF POTENTIAL SHAPES
10 RAUMLABOR, BERLIN
11 SPACE BUSTER
12 SPACE BUSTER
13 ANT FARM, TRUCKIN’ UNIVERSITY
Trucks provide mobile, nomadic power, the net provides wind protection.
14 ANT FARM, MEDIA VAN
15 ANT FARM, DREAM CLOUD
Highly photogenic, kinetic architecture that was a screen for image projections and minimal shelter.
16 DALLEGRET, ENVIRONMENTAL BUBBLE
Banham’s un-house, pneumatic bubble allows the user to live the life of a modern nomad.
17 ANT FARM, SPARE TIRE
18 ANT FARM, CLEAN AIR POD
19 ANT FARM, TURBO POD
20 JOSE MIGUEL DE PRADA POOLE, INSTANT CITY
Expandable, modular pneumatic village. Based on a “grammar of form.”
21 JOSE MIGUEL DE PRADA POOLE, INSTANT CITY
Expandable, modular pneumatic village. Based on a “grammar of form.”
22 INFLATABLE KINDERGARTEN
23 DAVIS, BRODY, CHERMAYEFF, USA PAVILLION FOR EXPO ‘70, OSAKA
24 DAVIS, BRODY, CHERMAYEFF, USA PAVILLION FOR EXPO ‘70, OSAKA
25 EVENTSTRUCTURE RESEARCH GROUP, CLOUD
A closed membrane with additional point support. Includes a large number of wrinkles, due to no predetermined cutting pattern.
26 RALPH BORLAND, SUITED FOR SUBVERSION
27 GERALDINE HUSSON, HYBRID OBJECTS
28 AEOLIAN RIDE, BROOKLYN RIDE
Wind inflated suits.
29 POLYETHYLENE
Drop cloth plastic, also available at mattress stores.
30 RIPSTOP NYLON
Used in kites, parachutes, etc.
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32 ANT FARM, INFLATOCOOKBOOK
- REVIEW ASSIGNMENT 02 - OVERVIEW OF INFLATABLES - 4 PRECEDENTS
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34 ParaSITE, Michael Rakowitz
Question: How to provide temporary shelter for homeless people?
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Question: Can loopholes in zoning/permits provide opportunities?
Scaffolding Capsule, Santiago Cirugeda
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Question: What materials lend themselves to a distributed, adaptable mobile pavilion?
Bucky Bar, Studio for Unsolicited Architecture
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Question: How to take advantage, give new life to underutilized urban space?
Assemble, Folly for a Flyover