A little late in the week, but this is the Life Cube which has been something to draw a little inspiration from.
An emergency shelter deployable that packs into a tiny box, and erects in 5 minutes with room for 5 people.
Carrying it’s own air supply it is ideal for first response and emergency deployment applications.
Researching fabric structures this week I have been amazed at what’s possible and already in production thanks to innovation.
Many inflatable deployables are used already by industry, military and aerospace. The military field hospitals and surgeries particularly are extremely well designed and pertinent precedent studies that have informed our project.
The thermal properties, lightweight space saving aspect and minimum material production value certainly give this form of construction good credentials.
I’ve seen innovative uses also such as covers for loft extension/roof work in place of scaffold, and wind breaks for house protection use in areas prone to hurricanes.
This is a structural form that we’ve not touched upon through university lectures in any detail but seems to me to have huge potential, with likely more attention paid to it in the very near future (particularly due to it’s flexibility and green credentials).