The world is overwhelmed with plastic waste, a material that has the potential and need for reuse. In an undergraduate architecture studio, Pratt Institute students created large-scale inflatable ...
May 7, 2005 Inflatable structures (aka airbeams) have developed rapidly in recent times, finding application in a variety of new engineering projects ranging from military tents in Iraq and ...
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Controlled crumples give inflatable membranes multiple stable shapes for adaptable designs
Inflatable structures are all around us, from pool floaties and archways at the Tour de France to life-saving emergency resuscitators and vehicle airbags. As useful as these structures are, they are ...
The pneumatic structures were designed and built by 43 students taking Architecture 235, a second-year design studio course. The structures were made of sheets of plastic the students seamed together ...
With clear parts that let you see inside, a bright yellow bubble structure houses chairs, plants, tables—everything you would imagine in a space that would be somewhere non-inflatable. When inflated ...
First raised in Warsaw, Poland, ecoLogicStudio’s Air Bubble is a grub-shaped inflatable structure that metaphorically (and literally) envelops visitors in a breath of fresh air. Made from ridged ...
Researchers have developed bi-stable inflatable structures inspired by origami. In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc at the Tour de France bicycle race when it deflated and collapsed on a cyclist ...
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