pneumatic architecture

while inflatable buildings have been around for a while, they rarely take advantage of the natural dynamism of pneumatics. since festo’s original pneumatic building (top), inflatable building members have been used for dynamic structures such as muscle (middle, via interactivearchitecture) and the proposed whowhatwhenair (bottom) which is being fabricated for the mit campus as we speak – with the construction process documented here.

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2 Comments

  1. Mario Garcia
    Posted September 27, 2008 at 7:34 pm | Permalink

    I wish I could get some more information related to tle application of theses structure so i can apply the in my designs, here in america and if it is possible in south america.

    Thanks,

    Mario G. Garcia
    Architect.

  2. enisa
    Posted November 15, 2008 at 9:36 am | Permalink

    I wish I could get more information about pneumatic constructions. I am studing arhitecture and I have to learn about that so I need informations. If you could send me something on my mail I would be very happy.
    Thanks,

    Enisa Kevelj
    student of arhitecture.

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