Fabric membrane structures
Advantages
•easy to get out and put away
•tensile and strong
•translucent
•comfortable illumination compared to the full brightness of outside
•waterproof
Disadvantages
•due to rough wether conditions it may sometimes break
•more than one layer could be expensive
•doesn’t maintain temperature
Here are some examples of fabric membrane structures
Here are some pictures of us doing the work
Modelling ideas to see what works. This is a idea taken from circus tents using a centre mast with cabling. A circus tent can be put up within a day using little or no machinery making it a good concept for a temporary structure.
Playing with design concepts for the main structure – looking at mast and tent assembled, plus barrel vault design.
Assuming there is a simple way to raise the masts, whether by winch etc, this seems a simple, relatively low-tech option that doesn’t require too much labour.
Tent structures seem quick to assemble and disassemble, plus offer more integrity than inflatable structures, though need coordination and thought to secure cables between the upper points.
Barrell vaults offer a more interesting design with visual appeal, with better head height around the internal perimeter. This could reduce noise and movement also, caused by wind loads.
After being told strictly to not eat or drink in the modelling room. Head lecturer Noel Painting was caught drinking a large coffee
Student were told when entering the room at 8.45am on Tuesday morning not to eat or drink as the adjoining rooms test materials throughout the day. Contaminants from the materials can become airborne and settle in food and drink, potentially making anyone consuming the item Ill. At roughly 9am the same day lecturer Noel Painting entered the room without a care for any of the guidance given to students by other members of staff.
The day has come, The first day of Design week. We have both looked forward to and been scared of this moment.
The day started by dividing the class into groups, the groups consists of Natalia and Linden from Architecture technology and Steph and Ryan from Hazlewick school. The group were given the name Marie Curie, after the great female physicist and chemist, that is the only one to ever win two Nobel prizes in two different categories.
We were then given the task that we would work on for the next few weeks. We were going to build a Shipping container health clinic. The aim was to make a clinic that can be movable, and operational when it comes to the Ebola crisis in western Africa. The client is UNICEF, and need to include every aspect needed in a health clinic.
After the task was handed out, the brainstorming began, both when it came to design, materials and functionality. We all came up with different ideas and shared them with the group and after a while, we where able to come up with an idea that everyone was pleased with.
Half of the task for this week is also to write on this blog, and we were given an introduction into how and where to write by Jason Bailey. And the group then had to write our first blog post about Marie Curie, the person our group is named after.
We were also given a presentation by our client for this project, Emmanuel. He has been working on health clinics before, when it comes to cholera. And he explained what is needed in a health clinic and some specifications in what is specially needed for a clinic located in western Africa that is meant for ebola victims.
We then went to see the modelling studio, where we will be making our models for the project.
We were also given a presentation by Poorang Piroozfar about industrialised systems for rapid construction. And showed different types of systems that we can use for inspiration in the project.
All inn all this has been a long but interesting day, learning about the project and going from brainstorming different ideas to agree on one type of design. The group is functioning well, and is on track for the next few days to come.
– Ine Ringlund
Morning discussion about Scale with other groups
Hi all, Attached is the lecture notes for Industrialised Systems for Rapid Construction. Best wishes, Poorang
Marie Curie is known as one of the most important people in medicine. Even though she is known for her work in medicine, she has actually don’t have a degree in medicine and her biggest achievements, has nothing directly to do with medicine.
Marie Curie was born as Maria Skłodowska in 1934 in Warsaw, Poland. As a a young woman she moved to Paris and studied maths and physics at one of the top Universities, Sorbonne University. As a 36 year old woman she won the the Nobel prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie, for the research withing radiation. She was the first woman to ever been given a Nobel Prize.
In 1911 she was again given a Nobel Prize, but this time within Chemistry. In recognition of her discovery of two new elements, Polonium and Radium. She was the first person to ever have been given two Nobel prizes in two different categories.
Even though her discoveries aren’t directly linked to medicine, her discoveries has impacted medicine in many different ways when it comes to radiation.
She died in 1934, from leukemia, probably mostly linked to her work within radiation.
Team members: Josh Whiting, Rob Smith, Gabriela Oliveira, Matt Lendon, Khadijah Ahmed
Background information on Alexander Fleming:
Born: 6 August 1881
Location of birth: Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: 11 March 1955 ages 73 London, England
Fields: Bacteriology, immunology
28th September 1928 discovered penicillin by accident.
He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research at St Mary’sHospital Medical School at the University of London under Sir Almroth Wright, a pioneer in vaccine therapy. In World War One Fleming served in the Army Medical Corps and was mentioned in dispatches. After the war, he returned to St Mary’s.