SheltAir consists of a gridshell of plastic rods, which is assembled flat before being pushed up into its final, domed shape through a pneumatic formwork of inflatables. This blow-up cushion is ...

Drawing on earlier gridshell experiments and projects, such as Frei Otto ’s famous Multihalle in Mannheim made of timber, the pavilion utilizes minimal material and is able to cover large spans ...

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The gridshell is covered with a deck of LVL boards, approximately 300mm x 27mm thick, with tongued and grooved edges and pre-sawn to ‘petal’-shaped units, to ensure a close fit over the curved ...

It used ‘same section’ 15mm x 100mm unseasoned home-grown larch throughout from the woodland that Invisible Studio manages alongside its practice. The entire 60m² structure – a ‘dry laminated’ ...

The Downland Gridshell is part of The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, which covers a total of 50 acres exhibiting nearly 50 historic buildings from different periods and styles, along with ...

Mathematics is beautiful, a truth not lost on architects. Luca Poian Forms designed a gorgeous bamboo pavilion that draws inspiration from the Enneper minimal surface for its striking appearance ...

“Gridshell” fits this mandate and is the theme of the series of projects Coastal Studio is now completing. Grand finale: This week, ground was broken on Coastal Studio’s flagship project. A ...

At the museum, a new method of erection is being used. The gridshell was built on top of a 10 m high, temporary scaffold table. Then, the scaffold table was carefully dismantled section by section, ...

A museum dedicated to recording the history of traditional rural life in Kent, Sussex and Surrey is probably the last place you would expect to find a building pioneering radical construction ...