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- | ***A Visual Collection of -Inflatble Structures-** | ||
- | ***Christopher Alexander' | ||
- | *** A pattern language for -living inflatables** | ||
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- | - In looking for structures for inflatables as a visual survey; I became very tired quickly. Maybe because I came across a lot of dead stuff. So I decided to look intuitively for inflatables I just liked. And then after looking at them I found out what the quality of these inflatables was and that was that they were alive in one way or another. In such a way that it are inflatable spaces you want to be emerged with, play with, be involved with. And some of these inflatables are to simple to be true, but have an amazing opening effect on people. After having an inspiring collection, all kinds of different structures unfold by themselves, and out of curiousity I was eager to give explanations by all the pictures. I gave the visual survey the name - Inflatable Inspirations- for them I searched in books, the internet, my own picture archive, and I asked collegues and experts. | ||
- | - I wrote two books of Christopher Alexander: The timeless way of building and Pattern language. First I made a long summary and later I summarized it to the size that I tink general people are still willing to read this and they can using it as a tool. | ||
- | -For making a specific pattern language for -inflatable architectural structures- I based it on the Architects of Air’s (UK) inflatable -Luminarium-. The Architects of Air are specicialized in making inflatable libarinths, every year deepening their patterns, and in general people see their spaces as a real experience. I assisted | ||
- | - Design considerations for inflatable structures: I came across some problematic patterns in the Architects of Airs’s Luminarium which I recognized in creating inflatables myself, and some m colleagues, and inflatable experts I interviewd. | ||
- | - For the collection of physical materials suited for inflatables for foam's public library - I asked experts which I interviewed, | ||
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- | - A collection of innovative inflatable experts, labs etc. I have listed them at [[Inflatable Structures]] a page already existing at Foams libarynth. Most of them I came across during making the -Alive Inflatable- visual survey and for the rest I collected them from my own archieve, the most interesed ones I asked to send brochures so to put in Foam Library. | ||
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- | * visual survey of -Inflatable Inspirations- , I came to a collection of 15 sections with interesting qualities. Each section by far don't give a complete overview in its field. But the main criteria for selecting the works is that they are in one way or another inspiring and that they all can lead to new vibrations… Images of Inflatable Inspirations: | ||
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- | * summary Christopher Alexanders timeless way of building found underneth with the title "There is a timeless way of building" | ||
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- | * a pattern language for inflatable architectural structures | ||
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- | * design considerations for inflatable structures | ||
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- | * a collection of physical materials suited for inflatables for foam's public library | ||
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- | * an inventory of innovative inflatable- manufacturers, | ||
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* People inside became very sleepy after a while; it´s a passive space aswell the ongoing ambient music makes you murf and maybe it was as well the dose or flow of oxygen which slows you down.\\ | * People inside became very sleepy after a while; it´s a passive space aswell the ongoing ambient music makes you murf and maybe it was as well the dose or flow of oxygen which slows you down.\\ | ||
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A single skin inflatable can become instant hot when the sun shines, or freezing cold when not. | A single skin inflatable can become instant hot when the sun shines, or freezing cold when not. | ||
For temperature regulation one can think of a double skin; where walls of air will have an isolation function and at the same time an acoustics isolation function. In this way the walls can as well become a part of the construction. The climate in these zones can be influenced artificially. | For temperature regulation one can think of a double skin; where walls of air will have an isolation function and at the same time an acoustics isolation function. In this way the walls can as well become a part of the construction. The climate in these zones can be influenced artificially. | ||
- | Heat- There is always a temperature differential - it will generally be warmer inside an inflatable than outside. | + | Heat- There is always a temperature differential - it will generally be warmer inside an inflatable than outside. |
Cold – One can use portable heaters and a layer of polyurethane foam beneath the structure. | Cold – One can use portable heaters and a layer of polyurethane foam beneath the structure. | ||
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One can look into microfibers, | One can look into microfibers, | ||
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- | **Fairs**: The composite fair in France (for composite sticks), TechnoTextile, | + | *Preferable look for local materials in a circle of 100 meter, or 1km around you. What kind of materials can you find in your own area, instead of directly looking for chinese markets where they have the cool stuff…and has to travel from afar.\\ |
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+ | *[[material_library]]' | ||
+ | *Materio in Enschede; | ||
+ | *the Design Academy in Eindhoven, | ||
+ | *Materialsense, | ||
+ | *Materialconnexion | ||
+ | *Materia | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | Althought you can visit them online a physical visit is worthwhile when it comes down to materials because you simply want to touch them.\\ | ||
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+ | **Fairs**: | ||
+ | *TechnoTextile, | ||
+ | * Macropak te Utrecht, | ||
+ | *[[cradle_to_cradle]] fair in Frankfurt 12-18 november 2008, with only products which are nutrients for the bio or technical cycle. Cradle to Cradle is aswell connected to materialconnexion] | ||