| id |
cf2009_poster_45 |
| authors |
Okuda, Shinya |
| year |
2009 |
| title |
Bio-shell (Biodegradable vacuum-formed modularized shelter) |
| source |
T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009 CD-Rom |
| summary |
This poster demonstrates how digitally fabricated vacuum-formed components can provide a new type of lightweight construction applicable to architecture. Surface-active systems such as a thin-shell concrete domes are some of the most material-efficient structures. Despite their efficiency few have been constructed recently due to necessary extensive labor cost. However, the growing concern for a worldwide shortage of natural resources and rising material costs, suggests that we reconsider the use of efficient structures, such as surface-active systems. Vacuum formed plastics mainly used in industrial design have strong merit based on their fast and low-cost mass production. Together with the recent emergence of digital fabrication technologies, the vacuum forming process is becoming an attractive fabrication technique for new and innovative lightweight structures. |
| keywords |
Digital Fabrication, Biodegradable, lightweight structure |
| series |
CAAD Futures |
| type |
poster |
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| full text |
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2009/08/21 07:41 |
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