FABRIC from the ShipStore.com on-line catalog. Fabric Differences in InflatableBoats This will get more detailed as soon as we can sit down and write the text.
The basic difference between boat manufacturer's fabrics is the chemical composition of the materials used. In supported fabric boats (those with threads in the material), the fabric strength is measured by the weight of the thread used. More info in webpage. Zodiac Inflatable Boats. Basic House is a Golden Self-Inflating Home That Fits in Your Pocket! Basic House by Martin Azua. Design (for) Disaster: 14 Emergency Shelter Concepts. Emergency settlements made up of flimsy, impersonal white tents could be a thing of the past as architects offer up incredible designs for disaster shelters that are portable, easy to assemble, durable, comfortable, adaptable and made of eco-friendly materials.
Ranging from an improbable pop-up skyscraper on an amphibious vehicle base to quick & cheap pallet houses, these 14 designs prove you don’t have to live like a refugee when hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters strike. MASTODON Pop-Up Mobile Skyscraper (images via: evolo.us) Folding Bamboo Houses by Ming Tang. Jorge at Inhabitat calls Ming Tang's temporary shelters "origami inspired"; They remind me more of the tensile structures of Frei Otto They were developed as temporary shelters for the homeless after last May's earthquake in Chian that left millions homeless and shown at the Urban Re:vision competition.
The designer writes: "After a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central China last May, killing 69,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless, the government is planning an extensive reconstruction project that includes building more than 1.5 million temporary homes, which are expected to last two or three years. Kahuna: The Perfect Shelter For Post-Disaster Situation. Every corner of this world is experiencing various disasters a year, thus the problem of temporary shelter to those affected families is increasing. Because of this kind of problem that occurred every year, the Kahuta is designed back in 2007: a transitional housing is designed intentionally for post-disaster situations.
The Kahuta is inflatable, easy to use and quick to install and presumably needs not any machines to complete, thus produces zero carbon emission. Paper Model of Shelter Systems' Domes, ArchDomes, BubbleDomes, CrystalCaves. One of the best ways to get an idea of what your Shelter Systems' dome will be like is to make a model of it.
A model will allow you to hold and turn the structure in your hands. You will be able to see it in 3D. You can cut out a photo of yourself to scale and "get" inside the dome. Show and share. Cloud Cities: An Interdependent Web of Inflatable Geodesics (Video) Tomás Saraceno /via Here on TreeHugger we sometimes write about ideas that may not be necessarily 'green' in the practical sense, but get us envisioning about what kind of world we want to live in.
Using inflatable, inhabitable forms that are suspended and connected to one another with ropes, experimental Frankfurt-based Argentine architect Tomás Saraceno proposes intriguing, human-made biospheres that reflect the underlying interactive dialogue between people and their environments. See the video of his latest work, Cloud Cities, which is currently on view at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin: These floating forms hang in a spiderweb network of connections that respond to human touch; two out of the twenty balloons have entries into a seemingly gravity-defying interiors. Other balloons house succulents, which appear to be fed by an irrigation system.
Tomás Saraceno/via Like inflatable treehouses, one can almost imagine a city of these geometric pods hanging amongst the trees. Eco Homes: Shelter No 2 three-story prefab offers green living in a confined space. Eco Homes: Shelter No 2 three-story prefab offers green living in a confined space Eco Factor: Prefabricated home made from recycled materials.
Pods are the latest in prefabs and though they look simple from the outside they do require a lot of design and engineering skills that pack luxurious living into a smaller area. Designed by Broisson Architects of Mexico, the Shelter No 2 offers enough room for three, a kitchen, reading and living area and a hydroponic area as well. Made from over 90% recycled materials, the three levels inside the pod are connected by a central spiral staircase. The first level houses the hydroponic area, the second contains a kitchen, reading area, living room and bathrooms and the third level is designed with two bedrooms, a study and a closet. Via: Inhabitat/Treehugger.
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Structural geometry. Structural Shapes and Geometries.
How to make a hyperbolic paraboloid out of string. How is this for a cool shape?
This is a hyperbolic paraboloid, a saddle shape sometimes described as "Pringle" shaped after the potato chip brand. If you cut this shape horizontally, the cross-section would be a hyperbola. Vertical cross-sections are parabolas. The surprising thing about this shape is that can be made with straight lines. Materials. Architecture. I am an inventor.
I’ve been inventing new creations all my life, and have gotten pretty good at it. I always look for unique new ways to do things, to integrate various functions, concepts, materials and building techniques into a whole that is more than the sum of the parts. The creations you see pictured here are just a sample. I can send you professional detailed plans if you want to build them yourself. I can also create a Realistic 3D Solid-model (Computer-Aided-Design) of any structure or design concept you have in mind, then send you a 3D picture you can view from all angles and a detailed set of plans and dimensions for you to build from.
The hyperbolic chamber. Jos Leys This article was first published (in French) on "Images des Mathématiques, a website of the CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique), December 2008. Hyperbolic Icosahedron. THE BEADED MOLECULES 串珠分子模型的美妙世界: June 2007. I found an interesting article on the Sierpinski Polyhedra at " entitled"Regular Sierpinski Polyhedra1" by Aimee Kunnen and Steven Schlicker. They made a detailed study on the Spierpinski polyhedra in general, and also report he fractal dimensions for five regular polyhedra: Random Walks. [Guest blogger Dr. Gene Chase] You know about flat donuts if you played a computer game in which when you go off the screen at the left, you return coming in at the right, and similarly when you go off the screen at the top, you return coming in at the bottom.
Mathematicians call the rectangle of your computer screen a flat torus. The word “torus” reminds us that we are only thinking of the surface of the donut. Niles Johnson : Fun Topics. Some of the things we cover in calculus are related to much richer topics. I have a selection of these here, together with some links for the curious.
You might also be interested in Fun Topics in Calculus I. __cubic&icosahedral_forms_from_archetypal_Platonic&Catalan_solids. Solutions. The Ultimate Treehouse Quest: Extreme tree houses. From:TechRepublicExtreme tree houses Tree houses aren't just for kids anymore. Ven-021-722321. New Zealand’s Whimsical Yellow Treehouse Restaurant. 4-Dimensional Masonry Construction. An account of my first thesis argument follows: Mankuna man resting in a traditional hammock. - THOMAS L. KELLY. Better to sleep in a hammock. Sleeping In A Hammock Is Good For You. In January 2010, Janet Kinosian wrote an interesting article for the Huffington Post titled “What Your Sleep Position Says About You”.
Much of the article focused on exactly that, examining the link between personality traits and various sleep positions. Ergonomically Designed Leaf Hammock. Adam Cornish’s Wood Hammock wins design competition. Back and Bed: Ergonomic Aspects of Sleeping - Bart Haex. The Ergonomic Hammock. Unlike typical hammocks that force you to lie in an awkward, curved position, this superior model places you in a natural, more comfortable recumbent posture. Patent US5673444 - Suspended hammock - Google Patents. 1. Field of the Invention. Hammock Sizes - Dimensions Info. Hammock. Hammock tent. Tensile Fabric Structures and Performance — Architen Landrell - Tensile Fabric Architecture, Structures and Canopies.
Funnel-Web Spiders from Sam Houston National Forest and San Antonio, Texas « Bugs In The News. From Spider Web to Tensile Structure. How a spider's web could help to design the fail-safe buildings of the future. The structure and habits of spiders. The elaborate structure of spider silk.