Some months back we collaborated with the ETH Zürich DArch Building Systems group (GT) on developing a mobile lab to demonstrate their Distributed Building Systems. The role of the ASL was to design an Inflated Skin for a pair of shipping containers as a first defense against the high solar gains of the Singapore climate. This project is part of the Future Cities Lab.
Publication on the BubbleZERO project:
"BubbleZERO - Design, Construction and Operation of a Transportable Research Laboratory for low Exergy Building Systems Evaluation in the Tropics." Energies 2013, 6(9), 4551-4571
http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/9/4551
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| Early prototypes produced in the Tensairity workshop at EMPA. |
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| System for securing inflated skin to containers. |
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| Exploded view of inflated skin elements. |
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Form-finding analysis of inflated geometry.
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| Rendering of Inflated container skin based on form-finding model. |
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| First inflation of the container skin on site in Singapore. |
Publication on the BubbleZERO project:
"BubbleZERO - Design, Construction and Operation of a Transportable Research Laboratory for low Exergy Building Systems Evaluation in the Tropics." Energies 2013, 6(9), 4551-4571
http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/9/4551
