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Thing are still a little unclear around the AE graduationstudio, but hopefully more information will follow soon.

Theme as is stands now: Heliport at Prins Clausplein, The Hague.

Axel showed me a program called Silo, which is a simple subdiv modeller. Here are some first tests. It will be usefull to explore the shape of the pavilion some more as it is quite flexible. It can also help to get a grip on the tesselation of the shapes.

Here are the first real tests to fit the program into the pavilion. I tried two different orginisations, one which two symmetri axises, the other with only one. This results in two different systems, one which is very introvert, the other with a clear hierarchy which builds up from the bottom short side.

Here are some shot that show more of the shape the pavilion morphing into. Pls note that this in not fit to the scale of the program yet.

This is my current research question:

How can the stiffness of pneumatic structures be adjusted to suit different demands?

Sub-questions will follow.

The scope of demands are explained a little further in the following table:

Old models inverted to create matrass shapes.

Here are some more models, some some different shapes.

Here are some images from the first models, they showdifferent organisation configurations.

Hi there,

New semester just has started so time for a blog. This blog will show my progress through the Design and Research Studio excersise of Msc3 of Architectural Enginering. More to follow soon...