ARCHITECTURE | MATERIAL | COMPUTATION |EXPERIENCE
Casting Collections From the Inflatable Formwork
Inflatable Formwork
42°27'04.6"N 76°29'01.3"W
Inflatable Concrete Formwork
Ithaca, NY, United States / 2024
Research & Build, Computation + Fabrication
[Architecture | Computation | Fabrication | Material]
Instructor: II Hwan Kim
Cornell University Department of Architecture | Spring 2024
In concrete construction, formwork consumes a significant portion of resources, often exceeding fifty percent of the entire construction budget. Conventionally, achieving a straight concrete column necessitates over-structured formwork capable of bearing the weight of the concrete without deformation. What if formwork could dynamically appear and vanish, providing temporary support to concrete through controlled air pressure, only to deflate once the material has cured? This concept explores the use of inflatable fabric as formwork, enabling the patterns and shapes to be programmed into the fabric through adjustments in air pressure.
Initial Inflation & Pattern Tests
Material & Pattern & Inflation Tests
parametric pattern & robotic heat sealing test
inflation & casting tests _ 02
large scale inflation & casting tests
parametric pattern & robotic heat sealing test
Exhibition at John Hartell Gallery
Sibley Dome, Cornell
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