erikemartinez
pdonbeck
andrijkyfor
jeromehordFiled under: Prototype | Tags: Architecture, Pratt, Pratt Institute, Prototype, Relief Shelter, Time Lapse, Video
A time lapse by Andrij of the last 48 hours of building our prototype and setting up our pin-up space.
prototype 4_program_ a disaster relief shelter and planned camp organization in support of internally displaced persons & populations, designed for shifting social definitions of asylum seekers in the context of temporary to semi-perminate displacement residency and with sensitivity to distainct climatic zones.
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- Trajectory of Displacement
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- Patterns of Displacement
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- Conditions of Exile
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- Climactic Regions & Skin
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- Plan & Section
Filed under: Presentations
An image from our latest review on October 16th, 2009.
091016_Review
Filed under: Prototype
The main parti of prototype 3 consists of a rapidly deployable hard skin to provide resilience in the structure, and the main waterproofing, insulation and wind resistance. It is layered with fabrics that deal with these conditions as well as a pneumatic set of bubbles that assist in insulation and strengthening of the structure. A soft skin is attached to the hard skin which is programmed to peel off and open up as the user sees fit. It also provides physical connection to adjacent tent structures to extend the spaces of the tent. The use of both types of skins allows for a division of programmatic necessity, the former deals with the main environmental and structural factors and the latter with the social agendas embedded in the camp ideology.
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- Plan
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- Section
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- Exploded hard skin assembly
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- Underlying geometry of hardskin.
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- Structural ribs, pneumatic skin, and underlying geometry
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- Components of detachable soft skin at sides
Filed under: Prototype | Tags: Andrij Kyfor, Catastrophe Shelter, Erik Martinez, Jerome Hord, Patrick Donbeck, Prototype 2
This prototype is based on a modular cross section rib, with the ability to deploy with a thick skin system. A series of 6 arched ribs compose the proposal. Each of them have a skin which deploys with the structure and has the ability to move parallel to the ribs. The sides of the arched form are made of a flexible soft skin which allows connection to other similar units. An outer mesh layer is able to detach to zip to the next tent. The shelter houses four to five people.
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- Prototype 2 houses 4 to 5 people in a 14′ x 14′ footprint
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- The structure is divided into 5 deployable rib parts which house a equally deployable skin.
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- A deployable system of expandable locking ribs is populated with a more flexicle thickened skin.
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- A thick cross section of skin houses several layers for waterproofing, insulation, and a detachable mesh to connect to adjacent tents.
Filed under: Prototype | Tags: Catasrophe Shelter, Program, Prototype, Structure
A prototype proposal
Program
The prototype seeks to challenge the traditional tent typology, as singular space, by transforming it to a toroidal space. While the space remains singular, it is bent on itself allowing a discrete division and a connection to a sheltered exterior space. The entryway is located at the central space of the structure.
Structure
The toroidal shape is rationalized into a series of radial ribs. The ribs would be deployed on the central axis of the torus, through circular movement, allowing a singular movement to complete the assembly of the structure.
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- Form and Skin, Toroidal topology and pneumatic tectonics
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- Delployable tectonic utilized to span structural membranes.
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- Tent Deployment
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- Plan & Section
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- Radial Aggregations
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- Linear and Self Organized aggregations
An idea for a prototype.
Taken from the idea of a “suitcase” we imagine a membrane that allows the storage of goods needed in a pre/post catastrophe situation. Valuables such as, clothing, jewelery, documents, electronics, food, water, first aid kits, and medicine would be transported and stored. The user would move to a safe place where the membrane could be deployed as a shelter, which simultaneously would include the items transported. The following images analyze the idea through a comparison of volumes of transported items as well as the relationship between the size of the storage membrane vs the size of a tent as a whole.
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- Volumes of all items necessary for evacuation for a family of 4 for 3 days
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- Folding procedure of tent with membrane left exposed for pakcing ease
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- Sizes of membranes of storage in relation to volume required
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- Deploying of storage membrane in relation to overall tent size
Filed under: Precedent & Site | Tags: Flood, Hurricane, Natural Disaster, Tornado
