INFLATABLE

IdeasBlue Bottles

Inflate skin, float away wherever,

Impede my flowing? be stung.

Ideas

IdeasSpace is harder to find in Melbourne.

You need your spots.

Everyone rushing around, trying to buy spots.

The best spot is somewhere

You can stop looking.

INFLATABLE MEDITITATION CHAMBER.

Shape informed by data taken from the sounds of nature.

Light and colour values inform shape.

Rigid inner frame made from pipe, anchors inflatable form

Sewn, glued, taped, ironed seams, efficiency approaches acomplete seal, allowing flexible use.

Nature, atmospheric, billowing, complex patterns sound, light.

PrecedentsClockwise from below:• Architects of Air - EXXOPOLIS• Selimiye Mosque - Turkey• Burning man installation - Pali X Mano

Precedents

Architects of air - EXXOPOLIS

moreClockwise from right:Architects of Air - Miazozo.Thomas Saraceno - Poetic Cosmo of the Breath.Antonio Gaudi - Sagrada Familia, projected on.

and moreCLOCKWISE:Lambert Kamps - Pillow tentHariri Pontiari - Bahai Templeanca trandafi rescu - hot air monumentmichael jantzen - personal prayer transmission vessel

and more Clockwise:Fed Square inflatable doors - LAB ArchitectsInflatable Igloo - UnknownInflatable Chapel - Fed Square 2013

Rhino conceptsDesigning informed by image:

This Grasshopper definition, divides a surface into points then, according to light value, moves points out perpendicular to plane.

Then either a Delaunay Edges, drape or wrap, converts the point cloud to a mesh.

There are possibilities of then using Kangaroo Physics to inflate the mesh.

Rhino ModelThe Meditiation Chamber is an inflatable structure that faciliates to achievement of a a calm, meditative state.

The chamber consists of a dome-shaped frame on which an inflateable volume is attached.

While the inner dome is designed to be calming and protective, the outer volume is shaped in a way that deters others from interfering with the process of meditation..

Measured Wire Model

Rhino Models: Frame

Plan View of Dome Frame

Rhino Models: FrameSide View of Dome Frame

Outerskin structure

Prototyping Frame structure developed with wire.Full scale structure, using hoop, and electrical pipe formed under heat

Frame for inflateable structure was constructed with wire pieces attached to a ring. This wire defines a space for the user of the chamber to stand within. The purpose of the frame is to separate the user from the volume of the inflateable skin. This is nec-essary because the air flow required to inflate the skin would distract the user from the purpose of meditation.

Two trials were required to build a successful prototype of the frame. First a steel, circular ring was used. This material made it difficult to keep the wire arches in place. The second attempt used a wooden, non-circular ring and this was successful for ensuring the arches remained in the correct positions..

Prototyping the inflateable part of the design a material was identified that would not break apart when an airflow is applied.

A good way to panal was discovered using a series of folds to cut out the shapes for the inflateablke skin.

Prototyping