Inflatable Structures, Inflatable Architecture, Inflatable Design,
Inflatable animals
Inflatable robots
Inflatable Clothing...
Inflatable Architecture
- Archive over inflatable arch., design, fashion etc. + included links: http://www.airairarchives.com/search2/index.php
- superfast way of building inflatables (nb.ironing). new project for burning man 2003 http://www.akairways.com/
- Site by Judith Kimpian of her PHD thesis wotk on inflatable architecture. http://www.pneumatrix.com/
- The Archigram blowup city concept http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/%7Emdbader/arch346/archigram/descriptions/blowout.html
- An examination of inflatability: http://www.inflatoscape.com/beta.html
- Architects of Air http://www.architects-of-air.com/
- Project by Chris Down & Alex Darlington at RCA http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/97-99/alexis/html/displace/index.htm
- Just a site on subliminal structures http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/staff/horst/Findex.html
- Collection of projects from the Sonic arch. Lab / inflatable sonic building: http://www.centrebombe.org/sonicarchitecture.html
- Balloon and Airship stereoscopic photograhps : http://www.stereo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm
- Inflatable antenna experiment : http://www.lgarde.com/programs/iae.html
- World's largest inflatable structure : http://66.39.116.220/rnw/arches/
- '60 Inflatables - search engine, devoted expecially to Radical Architecture (Utopie Group, Archigram) http://www.frac-centre.asso.fr/
- Virtual Spaces / class 11 / installations / Pepsi Pavillon Osaka expo 1970 http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/vr/class11/space6.htm
- The Pavilion « Into the 21st Century » http://www.zakros.com/projects/pavilion/pavilion.html#
- http://www.earlyaviator.com/ a most wonderfull early airships and captive balloon collection.
Inflatable objects
- Zorb capsules: http://www.zorb.com
- Theo Botschuiver: http://www.ciren.org/artifice/artifices_4/duguet.html
- Airform 01 http://www.airform1.com/html/airform_nl.html
- MO STUDIO http://www.mostudio.net/
Inflatable research group[s]
- Delft university of technology http://www.blob.tudelft.nl/
- Tensinet, offers possi-bilities to exchange and share basic and multidisciplinary know-ledge about Tensile Structures. In its database one can find many companies working aswell on innovative pneu projects http://www.tensinet.com/database/
Inflatable Producers
- Theo Botshuiver (NL) specialized in experience inflatables, inventor (among which the he was the first junpcushion, the zorb , the waterball etc.) and all round know how specialist. see experience inflatables inflatable spaces environmental blendings http://spatialeffects.nl/
- Buitink Technologie ( NL)-specialized in advanced light weight structures like (inflatable) work tents and air shelters, tensioned membrane structures, therapeutic cattle baths, inflatable operating tables, mobile fluid-tight floors, ETFE foil air-cushion roofs and inflatable products http://www.buitink-technology.com/ pics at the non categorized inflatables
- AGB Textile Design (nl) voor tensilemembrane constructions and inflatable structures http://www.textiledesign.nl/
- Airlight- Switserland. Specialized in Lightweight and large span: Tensairity. Tensairity allows the construction of very light roof structures with extremely long span. The load bearing capacity of Tensairity is so high that with a pressure of 200 mbar it is already possible to build temporary bridges even suitable for heavy transports. Compared with traditional airbeams, Tensairity needs just 1% of air pressure. With such low pressure, air losses are easily compensated. floating structures, sport equipment, airships and even aerospace applications are possible. pics at the non categorized inflatables http://www.airlight.biz/
- they collaborate with http://www.empa.ch/
- Festo - Are we ready to live like modern nomads, with ultra-advanced homes that pack up and travel with us wherever we go? For towns that spring up and vanish when they are no longer needed, or spacecraft that could be any shape you wanted. Festo builds working prototypes that are among the most advanced in the world - http://www.festo.com. pics at lighter than air- the non categorized inflatables
- http://www.prospective-concepts.ch/ see at lighter than air they collaborate with http://www.empa.ch/
- Inflate - Design and Manufacture of Inflatable Structures and Architecture. www.inflate.co.uk/
Articles
- 'Kasbah meets Archigram': http://www.hughpearman.com/articles2/air.html
- the historical success and failure of inflatable arch http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1001/ob/ob05.html
- inflatable history http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0698/ju98neu.htm
- Inflatable structures taking to flight: http://www.lgarde.com/programs/iaearticle/awarticle.html