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| - I scanned during this inflatable research three design principles of gRig, and I came along thre next findings during this research: | - I scanned during this inflatable research three design principles of gRig, and I came along thre next findings during this research: |
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| * //sustainability// We all now that this is quite a complex matter and I really wonder if sustainability is a word that can empower us... The word itself is putting a heavy load on my shoulders. It can paralyze me, or pushes my guild buttons; we must shrink our presence, our systems, our activities and so on. So it blocks our creativity. But we are part of nature to! So maybe what empowers us more is for instance to think in bio [-life-] cycles. And another thing is that we don’t have to be perfect right now, for instance the biodegradable materials we want are just not all available now, but we can set our goals for 20 years from now in which we define where we wanna go. Another thing I like to mention is that something sustains itself, when its made with real care and when its patterns are deeply connected to our own experiences, then we automatically like to look after it.It also means something like wanting to preserve instead of letting something decay. | * //sustainability// This is quite a complex matter and I wonder if sustainability is a word that really empower us... Personally the word itself is putting a heavy load on my shoulders. It rather paralyzes me, tries to push my guild buttons and to block my creativity; do we have to shrink our presence, our systems, our activities and so on. But we humans are part of nature to! And part of this nature is that we want to evolve, grow, So maybe what empowers us more is to start thinking in __(bio) [-life-] cycles__. And another thing is that we don’t have to be perfect right now, for instance the biodegradable materials we want are just not all available now, but we can set our goals for 20 years. From now we can define where we wanna go. Another thing I like to mention is that something will //sustain//` itself, when its made with real care and when its patterns are deeply connected to our own experiences and surroundings, then problably we automatically like to look after it. |
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| * The second design principle //playfulness//, reminds me most of a documentary I've seen about otters; in one scene; an otter is swimming in a river, and that day a thick layer of snow was fallen. One moment the otter is passing a hilly bank covered with snow. He goes out of the water and rans up the hill, and slides down into the water, he repeats it about 5 more times and then continues swimming in the river. There was no purpose for the otter for gliding down this hill, no other then that he enjoyed doing do. I guess I selected the pictures for the Inflatable Inspirations aswell all with this quality of playfullness. Its the space where rigidity stops and “flow” occurs. | * The second design principle //playfulness//, reminds me most of a documentary I've seen about otters; in one scene; an otter is swimming in a river, and that day a thick layer of snow was fallen. One moment the otter is passing a hilly bank covered with snow. He goes out of the water and rans up the hill, and slides down into the water, he repeats it about 5 more times and then continues swimming in the river. There was no purpose for the otter for gliding down this hill, no other then that he enjoyed doing do. I guess I selected the pictures for the Inflatable Inspirations aswell all with this quality of playfullness. Its the world where possible obstacles don't have to mean anything but an opportunity for just play. |
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| * The third principle was //modularity//. Christopher Alexander always asks himself the most important question when concerning spaciality: -how does it feel- as the most accurate scientific question. So one can ask himself; how does it feel to be in a modular surrounding...note that nature is never modular. Nature is full of almost similar units (waves, raindrops, blades of grass-) but though the units of one kind are all alike in their broad structure, no two are ever alike in detail. - the same broad features keep recurring over and over again. - in their detail appearance these broad features are never twice the same. - The quality of places is never twice the same, because it always takes its shape from the particular place in which it occurs. Each part is slightly different, according to its position in the whole. Each branch of a tree has a slightly different shape, according to its position in the tree. Each leaf on the branch is given its detailed form by its position on the branch. And maybe that why a tree or a sea with waves is never boring. So an alternative is to think of -differentiating spaces-: It is not a process of addition, in which pre-formed parts are combined to create a whole: but a process of unfolding, like the evolution of an embryo, in which the whole precedes in parts, and actually gives birth to them, by splitting (so becoming different in the process of growth or development). Only a process of differentiation, can generate a natural thing; because this kind of process can shape parts individually, according to their position in the whole. | * The third principle was //modularity//. Christopher Alexander always asks himself the most important question when concerning spaciality: -how does it feel- as the most accurate scientific question. So one can ask himself; how does it feel to be in a modular surrounding...note that nature is never modular. Nature is full of almost similar units (waves, raindrops, blades of grass-) but though the units of one kind are all alike in their broad structure, no two are ever alike in detail. - the same broad features keep recurring over and over again. - in their detail appearance these broad features are never twice the same. - The quality of places is never twice the same, because it always takes its shape from the particular place in which it occurs. Each part is slightly different, according to its position in the whole. Each branch of a tree has a slightly different shape, according to its position in the tree. Each leaf on the branch is given its detailed form by its position on the branch. And maybe that's why a tree or a waves of sea is never boring. So an alternative is to think of -differentiating spaces-: It is not a process of addition, in which pre-formed parts are combined to create a whole: but a process of __unfolding__, like the evolution of an embryo, in which the whole precedes in parts, and actually gives birth to them, by splitting (so becoming different in the process of growth or development). Only a process of __differentiation__, can generate a natural thing; because this kind of process can shape parts individually, according to their position in the whole. |
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| -I like to keep continueing three parts of the research; the collection of the visual Living Inflatbles (and adding a section on hybrid structures), to collect inflatable materials for the Foam library; and to keep the list of interesting inflatable producers, labs, experts etc. updated. | -three parts of the research will be updated in time; the collection of the visual Living Inflatbles (and adding a section on hybrid structures), to collect inflatable materials for the Foam library; and to keep the list of interesting inflatable producers, labs, experts etc. updated. |
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| -As a follow up from this research I like do realize two events where I will develop inflatable spaces solely inflated by wind. | -As a follow up from this research I like do realize two events where I will develop inflatable spaces solely inflated by wind. One of it just realised at Vurtin University in Perth, Australia where i worked with students on the beach. |
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| -It was way more difficult to find eco friendly or biodegradable materials then I thought. The Tech-Textiele fair in Frankfurt 2007 promissed to have a lot of "green" materials, but I found not even 1, though I found a lot of 'Greenwash" textiles. Maybe this year at the cradle to cradle fair at the Frankfurt messe there will be more... | -It was way more difficult to find eco friendly or biodegradable materials then I thought. The Tech-Textiele fair in Frankfurt 2007 promissed to have a lot of "green" materials, but I found not even 1, though I found a lot of 'Greenwash" textiles...But slowly oveer time we'll get there or we'll be growing or manufacturing our own nutricious bio-degradable films in a pond. |
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| - I noticed people (no matter their background) react very strongly on the visual collection of the research, and yes it was the part I enjoyed doing the most. | - I noticed people (no matter their background) react very strongly on the visual collection of the research, and yes it was the part I enjoyed doing the most. |
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| - So from here I see aswell possibilities for new developments in inflatables spaces (at the scale of architecture) co-developed over time in a physical and virtual environment, allowing the two to constantly exchange relevant information, and inform each other, to create innovative living spaces, without a feeling of detachment or being alienated. | - So from here I see aswell possibilities for new developments in inflatables spaces (at the scale of (interior) architecture) co-developed over time in a physical and virtual environment, allowing the two to constantly exchange relevant information, and inform each other, to create innovative living spaces, without a feeling of detachment or being alienated. |
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| - Another thing I found is that hybrid structures can get us further, so for instance to come to a mix of inflatable and tensile structures like Airlight's Tensairity bridges: see [[The Non Categorized Inflatables]] | - Another thing I found is that hybrid structures can get us further; so for instance to come to a mix of inflatable and tensile structures like Airlight's Tensairity bridges: see [[The Non Categorized Inflatables]] |
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| -choclolate and inflatables is a good combination | -Choclolate and inflatables is a good combination |
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