https://jdovaults.com Jonathan Dessi-Olive Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:00:54 +0000 https://jdovaults.com en https://jdovaults.com/Homepage Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:29:06 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Homepage https://jdovaults.com/Air-Ten-Module Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:45:27 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Air-Ten-Module Air-Ten Module Abstract: The Air-Ten Module is a pavilion-scale prototype that validated inflatable tensegrity structures are not only physically possible at large scale, but also able to "self-assemble” by inflating their compression struts. Though highly experimental, the imagined applications of such structures in aggregate include disaster relief structures, floating ocean trash collectors, drone infrastructure, planetary rovers, and solar-powered satellites. Link to the full paper “Self-Deploying Tensegrity Structures with Inflatable Struts” (IASS 2019) Link to the full paper “Deployable Tensegrity Structures using Pneumatic Compression Members” (S-Arch 2019) Lightweight Pavilion Structure &nbsp; Barcelona, Spain and Manhattan, Kansas - 2019 Collaborators:&nbsp; Michael Koliner, Vinay Teja Meda, and Jim Case <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55c8c86c33c04662ee6168056db4b3c66f173e4d172a129d3fbe0b9577babe30/Dessi-Olive_Air-Ten_01.jpg" data-mid="68836596" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55c8c86c33c04662ee6168056db4b3c66f173e4d172a129d3fbe0b9577babe30/Dessi-Olive_Air-Ten_01.jpg" />IASS 2019 Pavilion - Photographed at Kansas State Univerity; Exhibited October 2019 in Barcelona, Spain Photo by JDOThe research leading to this inflatable tensegrity structure has been centered around developing material schemas for high-performance air-struts. As the tensegrity structure is loaded, the inflated compression struts tend to deform and buckle. Our investigation focused on developing novel strategies for buckling resistance in these low-pressure struts. The&nbsp; pavilion extends the concept of inflatable tensegrity structures by physically demonstrating it at large scale - within the spatial limits of the exhibition guidelines of 4m x 4m x 4m. The structure demonstrates how combining the advantages of tensegrity and pneumatic structures results in a minimum weight structure that maximizes its global volume change before and after it is deployed. <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c8392380982f6583a15b8f91c9f71e735db71427e6b42f1527409329967afa4/P1080668_edit.jpg" data-mid="114727529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c8392380982f6583a15b8f91c9f71e735db71427e6b42f1527409329967afa4/P1080668_edit.jpg" /><img width="3072" height="4608" width_o="3072" height_o="4608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2856357629427aaa927e2c7c6ab03db694b681852a478d6b85b323ed853bcd/P1080639.JPG" data-mid="114727641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d2856357629427aaa927e2c7c6ab03db694b681852a478d6b85b323ed853bcd/P1080639.JPG" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaceabfe1030f0ffb4ce1db2a985c63afba97ed085c693c5b66ae15fef54dbe1/P1080623.JPG" data-mid="114727693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaceabfe1030f0ffb4ce1db2a985c63afba97ed085c693c5b66ae15fef54dbe1/P1080623.JPG" /> Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/El-Monolito-Micelio Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:28:27 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/El-Monolito-Micelio El Monolito Micelio Abstract:This collaborative construction project produced advancements in mycelium construction, demonstrated through a large-scale monolithic mycelium vault prototype structure. In the burgeoning field of bio-materials, mycelium has emerged as a contender to become a commercially-viable building material. Whereas the mushroom is the fruit part of fungus, mycelium is the plant part. Perhaps totally unknown to most, these white, web-like roots are everywhere underground. They play an integral role in the way our natural environments grow and thrive; building networks between our farms, forests, and water-ways. As a potential building material&nbsp; it is naturally occurring, demands little energy for its production, is lightweight, and completely bio-degradable. Previous attempts of architecture-scale mycelium pavilions have taken a common approach, building aggregations of bricks or other “masonry” units. Here, self-supporting mycelium structures were grown-in-place, resembling common monolithic construction practices for cast-in-place concrete. Monolithic mycelium inherits many of the advantages of concrete techniques, including the use of flexible formwork materials. Link to full paper “Monolithic Mycelium: Growing Vault Structures” (NOCMAT 2019) The Mycelium Monolith: A bioPavilion Atlanta, GA 2018 Construction Team: Roberto Bucheli, Chao Dang, Bennett Crawford, Keyhan Khaki, Anna Mccuan, Sean Miller, Sounok Sarkar, Matt Singleton, Justin Wilson, Jessica Bilgrad and Julia Jones (Bilgrones) <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2abebef6d6a07303cf2a2e4799d7b23f07ad45be47f6054977a3ababe981b86/GOPR7792.JPG" data-mid="35227783" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2abebef6d6a07303cf2a2e4799d7b23f07ad45be47f6054977a3ababe981b86/GOPR7792.JPG" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/553bfa7c76b9bcc1480d157f664160dfd823dcaf7d034d79b2c4b821c5274531/Cargo_Monolito4.jpg" data-mid="35073440" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c61202ba754a705b0343dc2cd800ea7f9877e1269f1b810f6b2e82ab753f5932/Cargo_Monolito13.jpg" data-mid="35073450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c61202ba754a705b0343dc2cd800ea7f9877e1269f1b810f6b2e82ab753f5932/Cargo_Monolito13.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/021901676a7769aac4cb275606654bba497c7ce9483b58feaeeb1f02cbbef76c/Cargo_Monolito14.jpg" data-mid="35073451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/021901676a7769aac4cb275606654bba497c7ce9483b58feaeeb1f02cbbef76c/Cargo_Monolito14.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a0986c50d01fc6ac38822f1569a01106d9cc4415c76f907004b5968d4369e54/Cargo_Monolito15.jpg" data-mid="35073452" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4322daa1f3c4e97a15fd45e9188072e1e8f3fb479e6db79e2c0964b0e42513d9/Cargo_Monolito18.jpg" data-mid="35073455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4322daa1f3c4e97a15fd45e9188072e1e8f3fb479e6db79e2c0964b0e42513d9/Cargo_Monolito18.jpg" /> Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/Ekialo-Kiona-Radio-Studio Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:28:34 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Ekialo-Kiona-Radio-Studio Ekialo Kiona FM Radio Studio This environmental design and construction research project introduced regionally specific vaulting techniques to a community on Mfangano Island, Kenya with the aim of empowering both builders and community members through the construction of a community radio studio.&nbsp;<img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/676de5c32e787e521c318198d07d0badb5f4255c6a499818e4bf33ebc4cef583/Cargo_EKFM25.jpg" data-mid="35073565" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/676de5c32e787e521c318198d07d0badb5f4255c6a499818e4bf33ebc4cef583/Cargo_EKFM25.jpg" /> Although it is a place of outstanding beauty, located ten miles off the coast in Lake Victoria, Mfangano Island has suffered arduous challenges including deforestation, food insecurity, and lack of sanitation in past decades which have created a public health crisis. Dissemination of valuable information in a timely manner is critical for sustaining the lives of those in this rural community. The US- Based NGO, Organic Health Response, recognized this problem and launched the EK Suba Youth Radio program - EKFM 99.3, broadcasting from the Ekialo Kiona Community Center on Mfangano Island using a hybrid wind and solar-powered 500-watt FM transmitter. The student team sought funding from many sources including fellowships and a crowd-funding campaign called “Empowering Mfangano through Health Radio”. The fundraising campaign, held in May 2013, raised over $10,000 from 127 doners. The team members were also awarded presegious fellowships: the innaugral RAMSA Traveling fellowship and the Van Alen Fellowship at PennDesign. A total of $30,000 were raised by the four graduate students in just four months. For complete documentation of the entire project, please visit the blog: http://mfanganovaults.blogspot.com Mfangano Island, Kenya 2013 Design and Construction Team PennDesign: Jonathan Dessi-Olive (Project Manager), Kelly Berger, Kordae Henry, Erik Leach EK Sustainable Design Guild: Adams Sewell (Director), Gabby (Foreman), Sam, Mike, Elijah <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b39b935b79b5bce4076571071e0351b1ed89bd20d9edcb12722b0bd1a189a62/Cargo_EKFM.jpg" data-mid="35073541" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b39b935b79b5bce4076571071e0351b1ed89bd20d9edcb12722b0bd1a189a62/Cargo_EKFM.jpg" />In the summer of 2013, a team of graduate students from the University of Pennsylvania - School of Design traveled to Mfangano Island to collaboratively construct the EKFM radio station with a group of local craftsmen called EK Sustainable Design Guild. Many of the techniques used to build the studio were developed at PennDesign in the months prior to traveling to the island including: earth construction using on site fabrication of compressed stabilized soil blocks and tiles, the principles of catenary arches, guidework for doubly-curved vaults, and the construction of vaults using the thin-tile vaulting method. The radio studio demonstrates high-performance and sustainable techniques through the delicate use of material and technological resources. As a team, we engaged issues of ethicality and material appropriateness and faced an immense amount of skepticism from the local population who dubbed some of the new technologies and methods “muzungu magic”. As international students we learned to practice globally, with local complexities that were no doubt the context for delicate situations. We allowed for adjustments in methods, such as the use of ferro-cement, that benefited from the input of local knowledge and experience. The EKFM Studio was successful because it was built through continuous adjustments between our agenda and local practices. The project is a demonstration of how contemporary design practice can operate through a flexible design process to produce built work that is socially, culturally and ecologically sustainable. <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b20f3a20fed9b1adbb2a8495ec80e2417a62863e3ee9770f73948a977ee1921/Cargo_EKFM2.jpg" data-mid="35073542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b20f3a20fed9b1adbb2a8495ec80e2417a62863e3ee9770f73948a977ee1921/Cargo_EKFM2.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e042dec59873c179cafd192b7bef70e020baff27e7a9e99f3c38741273cbbf2/Cargo_EKFM3.jpg" data-mid="35073543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e042dec59873c179cafd192b7bef70e020baff27e7a9e99f3c38741273cbbf2/Cargo_EKFM3.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0118a4321f6b732d752148d7cf1c5613ce02de2484b447ee91271183037543ad/Cargo_EKFM29.jpg" data-mid="35073569" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0118a4321f6b732d752148d7cf1c5613ce02de2484b447ee91271183037543ad/Cargo_EKFM29.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48265781ce25ce59017bd798953277ccc3ff604bb8949c72ea0bbe3d4679209c/Cargo_EKFM30.jpg" data-mid="35073570" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48265781ce25ce59017bd798953277ccc3ff604bb8949c72ea0bbe3d4679209c/Cargo_EKFM30.jpg" /> Empowering Mfangano through Health Radio from Empowering Mfangano on Vimeo. Vault Prototype - Mfangano Island from Empowering Mfangano on Vimeo. Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/Proto-Afterlife-Project Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:00:54 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Proto-Afterlife-Project Proto Afterlife Projects Abstract:Between the late 2020 and early 2022, the MYCO MATTERS Lab produced numerous large scale prototypes during the “house parts” seminar and for the Biomaterial Building Exposition at the University of Virginia. As&nbsp; technologyical prototypes of myco-fabrication techniques that were meant for temporary, short-term use, this project ultimately produced waste, which is common in building technology research and education. A major advantage of mycelium-composite assemblies is they have in herent the capacity to be completely compostable. Four installations were made in Manhattan, KS and Charlottesville, VA in the spring of 2022 which transported the mycelium structure prototypes back to nature; returning them to the ecosystem and let to decompose and serve as a source of nutrients for other organisms.&nbsp; Installation Series Manhattan, KS and Charlottesville, VA Spring 2022 Weave in the Woods - Manhattan, KS <img width="3072" height="4608" width_o="3072" height_o="4608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cab05727e5a09454feea8f6eb4c463a0bd7b0eef9388c93a09f1afffd9a6fa9/P1110438.JPG" data-mid="150311035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4cab05727e5a09454feea8f6eb4c463a0bd7b0eef9388c93a09f1afffd9a6fa9/P1110438.JPG" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26c6be04ad60001d63b94de7fdac5358192b959d3385cb481bd26bd3537f8d90/P1110447.JPG" data-mid="150311027" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26c6be04ad60001d63b94de7fdac5358192b959d3385cb481bd26bd3537f8d90/P1110447.JPG" /> Stair in the Swamp <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/985f280e9320f8c5f8a1d73cab87a5f7ccac3151c13a734e3b1d231d2987db2b/P1110481.JPG" data-mid="150311101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/985f280e9320f8c5f8a1d73cab87a5f7ccac3151c13a734e3b1d231d2987db2b/P1110481.JPG" /> Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/Beyond-Bending-Venice-Biennale-2016 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:28:29 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Beyond-Bending-Venice-Biennale-2016 Beyond the Slab<img width="6722" height="2332" width_o="6722" height_o="2332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4d74d0a8c11178b6382f69129e190ad7f5059812cf2eb5fbcdaec513ff64216/IMG_5857.JPG" data-mid="35248549" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4d74d0a8c11178b6382f69129e190ad7f5059812cf2eb5fbcdaec513ff64216/IMG_5857.JPG" /> Abstract: This research on contemporary tile vaulting was exhibited through two prototypes built for the Architecture Biennale of Venice in 2016 as part of the Beyond Bending installation, commissioned by the curator, Alejandro Aravena. The two prototypes build on the traditional Guastavino system to demonstrate relevant applications for vaulted masonry floor systems that can use a range of materials. Tile vaulting is a method of construction that can offer significant advantages over other vaulting techniques due to its speed of construction and material efficiency. The first prototype “La Volta en Foglio”, uses thin ceramic bricks, while the second, “La Volta en Terra Cruda”, uses an earth-based (adobe) brick for its construction. Together, the two prototypes offer a depiction of the range of form and materials that can be used to make unreinforced masonry load-bearing supporting elements for intermediate floors or roofs. They are demonstrations of how compressive geometry can be used to build floor systems with minimal steel and relatively weak material. Compared to conventional concrete slabs, these structures can be far more visually exciting, lower cost, lower weight and have a lower environmental impact. The doubly curved shell was made of traditional ceramic tiles. The barrel vault was made of stabilized, unfired earth bricks, which has up to 70% less material and 90% less embodied CO2 than conventional steel and concrete systems. Because most countries have some form of masonry tradition in their local practices, techniques used in the prototypes could be adopted more broadly. Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Biennale May to November 2016 Project Collaborators: Salvador Gomis Aviño, Salvador Tomás Marquez, Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla, Fernando Vegas, Camilla Mileto, and John Ochsendorf. 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Making of the "Beyond Bending" ceramic tile and earthen vaults from Block Research Group on Vimeo. Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/MycoMatters-2021-House-Parts Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/MycoMatters-2021-House-Parts MYCO MATTERS 2021: House Parts Abstract:During the 2021 semester, the MYCO MATTERS seminar built off the successes and failures of the Monolito Micelio Pavilion&nbsp;and grew performative "house parts" using fungi-based materials: a woven column, a spiral stair, and a screen wall. Over the course of the semester students in the seminar learned to grow myco-materials, to design and fabricate the molds and formwork needed for growing precise shapes for their assemblies, and participated in the invention of new construction systems needed to grow large-scale building components with myco-materials. Funding was provided by the Kansas State University Global Food Systems (GFS) Seed Grant Program awarded to Profs. Jonathan Dessi-Olive, Richard Todd, and Vincent Amanor-Boadu.&nbsp; The course ran in tandem to a series of web-based workshops and panel discussions titled “ResArch Lab: The Mycelium Project”.&nbsp; Products of the seminar were published at the 2022 ICSA Conference. Graduate&nbsp; Seminar Kansas State University Department of Architecture Spring 2021 <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f0f5dbc5869e89fae6762569e359df63359020f539f08b9750d61d47619a746/IMG_1599_edit.jpg" data-mid="150309079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f0f5dbc5869e89fae6762569e359df63359020f539f08b9750d61d47619a746/IMG_1599_edit.jpg" /> Myco-Weaves In this context “Myco-weaves”, refers to the use of stay-in-place cellulose-based three-dimensional woven shell structures as a replacement for polymeric in-situ formwork and molds typically needed to grow myco-materials. While there are almost no active energy inputs needed to grow myco-materials, their reliance on plastics and molds that have limited reusability presents an ethical dilemma. Basket weaving crafts, are globally ubiquitous, formally flexible, and use natural materials that are readily available. They produce strong porous surfaces that allow contained myco-materials to breathe and provide a humid environment. Due to their lignocellulosic composition, basket woven surfaces also serve as a source of nutrition. In contrast to plastic formwork, myco-weaves encourage mycelia to grow into the formwork and integrate into the biomass. Woven formworks made with natural materials have the capacity to actively participate in the visual expression of building components made from myco-materials, and potentially strengthen the assemblies, serving as exo-skeletons. The woven formworks were prepared in advance and produced by&nbsp; hand using untreated caning reeds made from rattan. Such materials are procured rigid and dry, requiring them to be soaked in water to be pliable. Translating preliminary tactical propositions into a more than 2 meter column structure required a custom loom. Templates were used to guide the subtle undulations of the diameter along the length of the column. In portions of the structure where the diameter was greater than 300mm, perforated cardboard tubes placed at the centroid of the assembly provided vital access to air. The tubes were sterilized, packed in the center of the column at the same time as the inoculated substrate, and expected to be partially consumed by the mycelium. A tarp was wrapped around the structure to provide a proper environment. Due to a contamination that occurred unexpectantly, the growth was stopped early using antiseptic spray. The top of the structure, where the contamination originated, was cut off.&nbsp; STUDENT TEAM: Zubair Ahmed, Clayton Pfieffer, and Hudson Parris <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c8f4a51e4fbb4168a632ced615d5f5db23343fb00e037fa83dee64503577159/IMG_1354_edit.jpg" data-mid="150308906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c8f4a51e4fbb4168a632ced615d5f5db23343fb00e037fa83dee64503577159/IMG_1354_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/043de8c198fec97f65a38df3920525a917f5c373b8ee9941c9b26e5574ebeb33/IMG_1367---Copy_edit.jpg" data-mid="150308902" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/043de8c198fec97f65a38df3920525a917f5c373b8ee9941c9b26e5574ebeb33/IMG_1367---Copy_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/669c75f7b36319fc91a9aad8ab39b367f8f2f3c824ad76ede272addfd69d91de/IMG_1608_edit.jpg" data-mid="150310118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/669c75f7b36319fc91a9aad8ab39b367f8f2f3c824ad76ede272addfd69d91de/IMG_1608_edit.jpg" /> <img width="3110" height="4665" width_o="3110" height_o="4665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b70db5a2ebd28e1c70c4a7ef7772a676891b0b68cb05f1cadf6662a2c3204af4/IMG_1573_edit.jpg" data-mid="150310045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b70db5a2ebd28e1c70c4a7ef7772a676891b0b68cb05f1cadf6662a2c3204af4/IMG_1573_edit.jpg" /> Myco-Welding Myco-welding involves growing living parts or blocks (typically in molds) and later assembling those living parts together into a desired form. Provided favorable growing conditions, the living parts grow into one-another to form a monolithic mass. The motivation to pursue this challenging technique in the context of residential building structures stems from the inherent challenges of in-situ monolithic mycelium. The spiral stair was assembled as a series of identical living risers that were stacked and corbeled around a wooden post and grown into one another in-situ. Loose myco-material was used to level between blocks – as a brick or stone mason would with mortar. The individual modules were grown in CNC-milled EPS foam molds. Once carefully removed from their molds, the risers were let to grow for three days before being stacked and grown over several more days. Two myco-welding joints were achieved: between living parts, and between a partially dried part and a living part. Such phased construction was a practical response to monolithic mycelium which, like site-cast concrete, requires the material to be laboriously packed in the formwork. The process of stacking and staggering living stair-blocks gave rise to several challenges that were met with tactical responses. The blocks had to be assembled into a precise form and held for several days while they grew together. Furthermore, the form of the structure was stable when complete, but unstable during intermediate phases of assembly, causing the blocks to overturn, twist and potentially tear because living mycelium biomass is heavy with water-weight, and relatively fragile. The introduction of a wooden vertical support members which were measured in place and cut for each riser – highlighting that removable formwork materials and disposable molds are reusable to some extent, but still not avoidable. A large plastic tarp was used to provide an in-situ growing environment. Due to its size, the structure was air-dried, resulting in fruiting bodies growing from the structure. STUDENT TEAM: Emily LaRocco, Zachary Jensen, and Justin Jennings <img width="384" height="512" width_o="384" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4235049475932ed6622273f272647d6330a44c64983277cdef0776a7ab802959/packing3.jpg" data-mid="149936781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/384/i/4235049475932ed6622273f272647d6330a44c64983277cdef0776a7ab802959/packing3.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae111e01f2da6a690375546b1a6b9c2dcae3baa9afca967a57df6355781c19c2/IMG_2230.JPG" data-mid="149936840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae111e01f2da6a690375546b1a6b9c2dcae3baa9afca967a57df6355781c19c2/IMG_2230.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f947305aaf9463ea7498ae24879bb896d709f3199dc7bc9bfb92002456c8929c/IMG_4954.JPG" data-mid="149936923" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f947305aaf9463ea7498ae24879bb896d709f3199dc7bc9bfb92002456c8929c/IMG_4954.JPG" /> Myco-Sheets The second iteration of Tactical Mycelium experiments were conducted at the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Performed in the context of an experimental construction seminar available to Undergraduate, Graduate (MArch), and Post-Graduate (MS) students. The seminar consisted of several weeks of learning analytical and computational design techniques for compression-only structures. Observations made during the Mycoarch experiment were presented to the students as a prompt for a second tactical construction experiment with monolithic mycelium. Students were were tasked with designing a small monolithic mycelium structure that would be grown out of mycelium-stablized hemp, its internal formwork, and outer soft membrane schemes, for a volume of approximately &nbsp;0.2 m3 of material&nbsp;from Ecovative. STUDENT TEAM: Roberto Bucheli, Keyhan Khaki, Sean Miller, Matt Singleton, Justin Wilson Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/Inflatable-Tensegrity-Structures Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:28:23 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Inflatable-Tensegrity-Structures Deployable Tensegrity Structures with Inflatable Compression Struts Abstract: This pavilion proposal for the WG21 lightweight pavilion exhibition consists a free-standing structure that extends the principles of active-deployed tensegrity structures through the use of inflatable compression struts. Replacing rigid compression struts traditionally found in tensegrity structures with air-struts presents the opportunity to minimize the overall weight and maximize the global volume change of the structure. Previous deployable tensegrity structures have used external actuation and rigid materials for compression elements, resulting in a limited shape-change capacity. Some proposals for inflatable tensegrity systems in aerospace engineering have been made through small-scale prototype models (less than 1 cubic meter) that use continuous airflow systems. Others have developed analytical and numerical deployment simulation models for such systems and proved it was possible at large scales, but not physically tested. Link to the full paper “Self-Deploying Tensegrity Structures with Inflatable Struts” (IASS 2019) Link to the full paper “Deployable Tensegrity Structures using Pneumatic Compression Members” (S-Arch 2019) Deployable Structures Research Project &nbsp; Atlanta, GA 2018 Collaborators:&nbsp; Michael Koliner, Chris Putman, Vinay Teja Meda, and Jim Case 4-Strut Prototype II // PVC + Nylon + Steel Cable Reinforcing - May 2019 <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8c9f1ca634d26635f7a578d583325a8f8ef5b7a98c563117bfee07482c5e0b0/P1080082.jpg" data-mid="114725516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8c9f1ca634d26635f7a578d583325a8f8ef5b7a98c563117bfee07482c5e0b0/P1080082.jpg" /> <img width="4470" height="3012" width_o="4470" height_o="3012" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ca926b7171ec3789d459ee50c933437b16c0ef46012bad041b1497a4ee4dc67/PT2.jpg" data-mid="114726847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ca926b7171ec3789d459ee50c933437b16c0ef46012bad041b1497a4ee4dc67/PT2.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/805ca930040eb1a44faf571c020d641b92d1b2cde16cd1a669101447d499579f/PT8.jpg" data-mid="114727149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/805ca930040eb1a44faf571c020d641b92d1b2cde16cd1a669101447d499579f/PT8.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d0dcb55c0ff0aa5c32dbb94ce74a9202a88c8288b2b3e23e064fa8db9b3e8ff/PT3.jpg" data-mid="114726906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d0dcb55c0ff0aa5c32dbb94ce74a9202a88c8288b2b3e23e064fa8db9b3e8ff/PT3.jpg" /> <img width="4460" height="2958" width_o="4460" height_o="2958" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e841bf31c512f3186c51017b99808e0f5b3f6809797644a2ac64f8da749bc19/PT12.jpg" data-mid="114726413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e841bf31c512f3186c51017b99808e0f5b3f6809797644a2ac64f8da749bc19/PT12.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e22b6595e3b6b9738e8f2c3d075d1956ccd978c4249c4ea051dd6582ef46446/P1080154.jpg" data-mid="114727475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e22b6595e3b6b9738e8f2c3d075d1956ccd978c4249c4ea051dd6582ef46446/P1080154.jpg" /> <img width="4466" height="2849" width_o="4466" height_o="2849" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/647729654b1f8db7ad83b111212ea5a223c08055026faf6dd3e824631cc7f004/PT7.jpg" data-mid="114727179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/647729654b1f8db7ad83b111212ea5a223c08055026faf6dd3e824631cc7f004/PT7.jpg" /> <img width="3425" height="2283" width_o="3425" height_o="2283" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16acbb585c6c5894eac41a1b81e61be351a281cfbbe7e04f3a6ccd8ebd5d22de/Dessi-Olive_GT-Mini_01.jpg" data-mid="114727371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16acbb585c6c5894eac41a1b81e61be351a281cfbbe7e04f3a6ccd8ebd5d22de/Dessi-Olive_GT-Mini_01.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a57b6ecc032cb483f3bd5b5fbcd6dc20a61042c147b0baab8b1304b81457282/PT6.jpg" data-mid="114727207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a57b6ecc032cb483f3bd5b5fbcd6dc20a61042c147b0baab8b1304b81457282/PT6.jpg" /> IASS 2019 Pavilion Proposal - Barcelona, Spain&nbsp; | &nbsp; Render by Michael Koliner <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd37c1e9b6666c503a4cf9c24c6c4bc5cb083f4fa664e1ed38f06d8b86445352/Render1.1.jpg" data-mid="35230608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd37c1e9b6666c503a4cf9c24c6c4bc5cb083f4fa664e1ed38f06d8b86445352/Render1.1.jpg" />The research leading to this preliminary proposal has been centered around developing material schemas for high-performance air-struts. As the tensegrity structure is loaded, the inflated compression struts tend to deform and buckle. Our investigation has been focused on developing strategies for buckling resistance in these low-pressure struts. The inflated portion of the strut serves put a series of steel cables in tension, which provide the member with its stiffness. Through several phases of physical prototyping, we have developed several material schemas of inflatable air struts for small-scale tensegrity structures (up to 2 cubic meters) using widely available materials such as polymeric tubing, PVC pipe caps and steel cables. As this work is on-going, our team is currently developing our next experiments will lead to strategy we are proposing for the exhibition. The proposed pavilion seeks to extend the concept of inflatable tensegrity structures by physically demonstrating it at large scale - within the spatial limits of the exhibition guidelines of 4m x 4m x 4m. The structure will demonstrate how combining the advantages of tensegrity and pneumatic structures results in a minimum weight structure that maximizes its global volume change before and after it is deployed. The design is intentionally simple: a 4-strut tensegrity geometry is used as the base form of the pavilion to demonstrate the precision of the system and the effectiveness of the low-pressure cable-stabilized struts. Whereas our previous prototypes used relatively weak plastic tubing, the struts used for the pavilion will be made of much stiffer (though still semi-transparent) membrane material. The tension cable scheme will also incorporate new strategies based on insight we gathered from recent analysis and laboratory testing. The pavilion will have integrated lighting and air-control systems in the actuating end caps of the struts; authoring them with different lighting schemes. Our submitted paper will discuss the pavilion and the numerous scale prototypes that precede it, present testing results and analytical strategies for the struts, and speculate on the range of applications for this technology. Woven Nylon + PVC + Tension Cable Compression Strut with System - April 2019 <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a21cdfcdd3cb58c4fefe9c43c2328519fc9ac2bdd7072f651bfa62ee4e69bdd/IMG_1053_edit.jpg" data-mid="68961662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a21cdfcdd3cb58c4fefe9c43c2328519fc9ac2bdd7072f651bfa62ee4e69bdd/IMG_1053_edit.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b777b2effbc453e2be20b8f8e9a2ee554f5cc4aa81ed949a09eb58de02c629eb/IMG_1020.JPG" data-mid="68962415" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b777b2effbc453e2be20b8f8e9a2ee554f5cc4aa81ed949a09eb58de02c629eb/IMG_1020.JPG" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cec753de059754f8518813a2a2acea267c8e54474b019c0165ee1f6d2c43e646/IMG_0991_edit.jpg" data-mid="68963213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cec753de059754f8518813a2a2acea267c8e54474b019c0165ee1f6d2c43e646/IMG_0991_edit.jpg" /> Woven Nylon + PVC + Tension Cable Compression Strut with System - April 2019 <img width="2028" height="3264" width_o="2028" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4662561223b368cbd3f6158ec396e20cffe2a7c719af6108d61e151b654fb929/IMG_0934_edit.jpg" data-mid="68960344" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4662561223b368cbd3f6158ec396e20cffe2a7c719af6108d61e151b654fb929/IMG_0934_edit.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="1960" width_o="3900" height_o="1960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41f336b0d5f74dcdb0c0d81003033a1ac3bbbfd84b3757e731571dbcff55aef5/20190402_203909_edit.jpg" data-mid="68960863" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41f336b0d5f74dcdb0c0d81003033a1ac3bbbfd84b3757e731571dbcff55aef5/20190402_203909_edit.jpg" /> HDPE Compression Strut with Tension Cable System - December 2018 <img width="3264" height="1836" width_o="3264" height_o="1836" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5155561824ab6a4138f07cc434754768a65dd9946d2bfbe01fb2d2b04f30b36/IMG_0482-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230607" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5155561824ab6a4138f07cc434754768a65dd9946d2bfbe01fb2d2b04f30b36/IMG_0482-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1836" height="3264" width_o="1836" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/435bf6c3fbe608b4a2b361ed8aaad54f0d5a82857f1a2d2d94cad9981014ed7c/IMG_0631-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230606" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/435bf6c3fbe608b4a2b361ed8aaad54f0d5a82857f1a2d2d94cad9981014ed7c/IMG_0631-copy.jpg" /> 4-Strut Prototype // HDPE Membranes - October 2018 <img width="2160" height="1620" width_o="2160" height_o="1620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6b4120c6798ff94d81db286086916820026cc64fd7ffa5f52950347d9eaa0ba/20181017_131219-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6b4120c6798ff94d81db286086916820026cc64fd7ffa5f52950347d9eaa0ba/20181017_131219-copy.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5284889ad469deef7f8b6999ce59be796f000de1f52a5a7e466d480693c71ad0/IMG_9919-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5284889ad469deef7f8b6999ce59be796f000de1f52a5a7e466d480693c71ad0/IMG_9919-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="1620" width_o="2160" height_o="1620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30085f21264da556c41d127663fc6d11b6b97d65a4693e5179685a5154755353/20181017_1300210_edit.jpg" data-mid="35230603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30085f21264da556c41d127663fc6d11b6b97d65a4693e5179685a5154755353/20181017_1300210_edit.jpg" /> 3-Strut Prototype // HDPE Membranes - September 2018 <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab7f7bd8547b279d91b39c9bd2a07404926aef6a57d69661f361d5720033516d/GOPR2959-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab7f7bd8547b279d91b39c9bd2a07404926aef6a57d69661f361d5720033516d/GOPR2959-copy.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70cc42b0356500e860c9d5979af011ab47e2398bf99cbce673046e6923cd92d9/IMG_9894.JPG" data-mid="35230601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70cc42b0356500e860c9d5979af011ab47e2398bf99cbce673046e6923cd92d9/IMG_9894.JPG" /> <img width="2160" height="1620" width_o="2160" height_o="1620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ae6d551c6bb2bdbfeaad968bf821e3559a439d50d51e7af82fb002a21aa9729/20181014_181332_edit.jpg" data-mid="35230600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ae6d551c6bb2bdbfeaad968bf821e3559a439d50d51e7af82fb002a21aa9729/20181014_181332_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0425b3abbc991ee6b3a1297e92ab5a59af55f1abdde16327f1d92df400ac5e46/GOPR2961-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0425b3abbc991ee6b3a1297e92ab5a59af55f1abdde16327f1d92df400ac5e46/GOPR2961-copy.jpg" /> Proof of Concept Prototype // Rubber Bike Innertubes -&nbsp; August 2018 <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aca98e674dc87f2641aa01b67cb38d0f893f5f3190f00998db31865d674e8fc3/IMG_9843-copy.jpg" data-mid="35230598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aca98e674dc87f2641aa01b67cb38d0f893f5f3190f00998db31865d674e8fc3/IMG_9843-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1441" height="1080" width_o="1441" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92dc3e57128148a2d7ece5aa7f1afbc75de9df469ae30f4df196f4dfe4e84f10/vlcsnap-2019-01-25-08h52m20s112_edit.jpg" data-mid="35230599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92dc3e57128148a2d7ece5aa7f1afbc75de9df469ae30f4df196f4dfe4e84f10/vlcsnap-2019-01-25-08h52m20s112_edit.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d9325ab52442cbefffa8b1dc9167a235c65c6d78849e5988a4b2a983c2b5a10/IMG_9840_edit.jpg" data-mid="35230597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d9325ab52442cbefffa8b1dc9167a235c65c6d78849e5988a4b2a983c2b5a10/IMG_9840_edit.jpg" /> Other Projects:<img width="4460" height="2958" width_o="4460" height_o="2958" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e841bf31c512f3186c51017b99808e0f5b3f6809797644a2ac64f8da749bc19/PT12.jpg" data-mid="114726413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e841bf31c512f3186c51017b99808e0f5b3f6809797644a2ac64f8da749bc19/PT12.jpg" /> https://jdovaults.com/Tactical-Mycelium-1-2 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:28:28 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Tactical-Mycelium-1-2 Tactical Mycelium 1 &amp; 2 Abstract:A series of mycelium construction experiments focused on staging monolithic “castings” of the increasingly popular bio-material. While several examples of large-scale architectural structure made from mycelium&nbsp; exist, all have used the material in through small-scale custom or modular units. The Tactical Mycelium experiments borrowed construction techniques from fabric-formwork concrete casting to develop tactics for monolithic mycelium construction. Monolithic Mycelium Experiments 2017 - 2018 Version 2 -&nbsp; Atlanta Georgia | 2018 The second iteration of Tactical Mycelium experiments were conducted at the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Performed in the context of an experimental construction seminar available to Undergraduate, Graduate (MArch), and Post-Graduate (MS) students. The seminar consisted of several weeks of learning analytical and computational design techniques for compression-only structures. Observations made during the Mycoarch experiment were presented to the students as a prompt for a second tactical construction experiment with monolithic mycelium. Students were were tasked with designing a small monolithic mycelium structure that would be grown out of mycelium-stablized hemp,&nbsp;its internal formwork, and outer soft membrane schemes, for a volume of approximately &nbsp;0.2 m3 of material&nbsp;from Ecovative. STUDENT TEAM: Roberto Bucheli, Keyhan Khaki, Sean Miller, Matt Singleton, Justin Wilson <img width="969" height="693" width_o="969" height_o="693" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f64f08cd8895451fcabe50aeea00d335d5c76a23a799fb03d31206b4502119e/MycVault_EDGES.png" data-mid="38712821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/969/i/8f64f08cd8895451fcabe50aeea00d335d5c76a23a799fb03d31206b4502119e/MycVault_EDGES.png" /> <img width="969" height="693" width_o="969" height_o="693" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65fd4f19b63dd8e681b617557c4a4c3385eaf7214c3c81c527e2362cbd09c150/MycVault_ForceDiagram.png" data-mid="38712822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/969/i/65fd4f19b63dd8e681b617557c4a4c3385eaf7214c3c81c527e2362cbd09c150/MycVault_ForceDiagram.png" /> <img width="969" height="693" width_o="969" height_o="693" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f009d6d753989ce38ca50e6f9e774cb76d3ae6a49e355c16f4345ebb268451d8/MycVault_FormWork.png" data-mid="38712823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/969/i/f009d6d753989ce38ca50e6f9e774cb76d3ae6a49e355c16f4345ebb268451d8/MycVault_FormWork.png" /> The small monolithic mycelium structure was designed to be a compression only arch with the aid of RhinoVault, a form-finding plugin for Rhinoceros, by the Block Research Group, ETH-Zurich. <img width="5248" height="3936" width_o="5248" height_o="3936" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87ab505f3aa4f6a1ebd492821acd626e6e7e25b4e094fa9a955441fd6cf62631/2018-02-17-12.03.53.jpg" data-mid="38724310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87ab505f3aa4f6a1ebd492821acd626e6e7e25b4e094fa9a955441fd6cf62631/2018-02-17-12.03.53.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad58f90acf074e49eae98734abab67e976499bf22ca220f8b76e25335f68e266/IMG_8377.JPG" data-mid="38724321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad58f90acf074e49eae98734abab67e976499bf22ca220f8b76e25335f68e266/IMG_8377.JPG" /> The formwork scheme consisted of an internal waffle-grid skeleton structure made of laser-cut cardboard, a flexible outter membrane made of HDPE plastic sheeting. Threaded rods and washers were used to make surface undulations - March 2018&nbsp; |&nbsp; Georgia Tech. <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/842bd42433b0879dfa3bda8c05dfe1e29da5b2334037c9012467efd68a8e6143/IMG_8566.JPG" data-mid="38724729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/842bd42433b0879dfa3bda8c05dfe1e29da5b2334037c9012467efd68a8e6143/IMG_8566.JPG" />The small monolithic mycelium structure grew for just under five days and was air-dried for several weeks - March 2018&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; Georgia Tech <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1b60cfa7dddf0f6e9c0934f59c3efae40a403d6bf6bd7c70826606b8ad1cf08/IMG_9023.JPG" data-mid="38729664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1b60cfa7dddf0f6e9c0934f59c3efae40a403d6bf6bd7c70826606b8ad1cf08/IMG_9023.JPG" /> Validating the stability of a monolithic mycelium structure design with material and structural primacy - April 2018&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; Georgia Tech&nbsp; Version 1 -&nbsp; St. Cloud, Minnesota | 2017 The origins of this monolithic mycelium construction research stem from a collaborative, experimental project called Tactical Mycelium. One of the outcomes of the project was a monolithically grown, self-supporting mycelium-composite arch. A volume of about 0.4 m3 of mycelium was sourced from Ecovative and grown in a plastic sheeting membrane, cast over the top of an active-bent PVC pipe. The structure was grown outside over five days, after which it was unwrapped, and let to air-dry for several more days. Due to inaccuracies to the shape, and after sustaining rain, the arch collapsed prematurely. As a preliminary experiment, the Mycoarch experiment demonstrated that growing monolithically was possible, and motivated additional research into such techniques. V1 Team: Bridget Ayers Looby, Rebecca Ramsey, and Jonathan Dessi-Olive <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/804036378085ca9d983f7bdfe48ffd616b4fd2682116d28c674ae68a788d5b44/IMG_4319.JPG" data-mid="38730805" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/804036378085ca9d983f7bdfe48ffd616b4fd2682116d28c674ae68a788d5b44/IMG_4319.JPG" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eba713a385b38ec7ad2cdaba5f603b3b0484954c437f09fd8276c2fba00163a/IMG_4441.JPG" data-mid="38730807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3eba713a385b38ec7ad2cdaba5f603b3b0484954c437f09fd8276c2fba00163a/IMG_4441.JPG" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dae7a3ef4e430a247beeb71740a016aaf997a20d7b19776dd7e2f7e012951b57/IMG_4565.JPG" data-mid="38730808" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dae7a3ef4e430a247beeb71740a016aaf997a20d7b19776dd7e2f7e012951b57/IMG_4565.JPG" /> Tactical Mycelium from Courtney Rae Films on Vimeo. Other Projects: https://jdovaults.com/Tactical-Pneumatics-III-IV Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:19:39 +0000 Jonathan Dessi-Olive https://jdovaults.com/Tactical-Pneumatics-III-IV Tactical Pneumatics III &amp; IV Abstract: Applications of pneumatic (air-supported) structures in engineering and other technical fields far precede their application in architecture. As a means of transport, pneumatic boats date back to the late 19th century, and airships experienced a “golden age” until the famous catastrophe of the Hindenburg airship in 1937. In architecture, inflatable structures have been of interest to designers for almost seventy years because they offer opportunities for maximizing the global volume change before and after it is deployed, and minimizing the overall weight. The peak interest into inflatable structures can be identified in the mid-20th century, when design and analytical procedures were formalized by engineers such as Frei Otto. Following this, art and design groups such as Archigram, Haus-Rucker-Co, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and Ant Farm each proposed and promoted the use of rapidly deployable and materially economic environments using inflatables. Although they were less popular in the latter half of the 20th century, inflatables have recently undergone a sort of renaissance, in part due to the eminent need to address global issues such as material scarcity and mass movement of people due to the effects of climate change. Workshops were held in the same week at Kansas State University and Louisana State University. Following a brief historical overview of inflatable structures in architecture, design, and art, the workshop participants were introduced to a suite of current computational design tools that can assist in the imagining and fabricating of such environments. In teams, workshop participants designed and built their own inflatable environments under a very simple premise: the structures must be made of HDPE plastic sheeting; must fit within a volume of 5m x 5m x 5m fit with the whole team inside.&nbsp; Pre-Pandemic Pneumatics 2020&nbsp; Department of Architecture at Kansas State University Manhattan, KS School of Architecture at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA Tactical Pneumatics IV: By Students Participating in the Virtual Frictions Workshops&nbsp; | &nbsp;February 2020, Louisiana State University <img width="2654" height="1239" width_o="2654" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d422c36f5dd562f3d0a6ad1cb0e016b688827c224bf943771cb3854ff57783c9/GOPR9241_edit.jpg" data-mid="150308010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d422c36f5dd562f3d0a6ad1cb0e016b688827c224bf943771cb3854ff57783c9/GOPR9241_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12002a728b5f4318947589c62419ff68168930d9d550a12ed16f48011308e3f9/GOPR9244_edit.jpg" data-mid="150307015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12002a728b5f4318947589c62419ff68168930d9d550a12ed16f48011308e3f9/GOPR9244_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9381a950e6844015d7c31b6360fa486f5c1fb27d6bc5a3a57bf8379788526c5/GOPR8446_edit.jpg" data-mid="150307013" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9381a950e6844015d7c31b6360fa486f5c1fb27d6bc5a3a57bf8379788526c5/GOPR8446_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf28a548945271fac3768a868a74d6e71542a4a7b0c89180efb7211ba9a8c317/GOPR8448_edit.jpg" data-mid="150307014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf28a548945271fac3768a868a74d6e71542a4a7b0c89180efb7211ba9a8c317/GOPR8448_edit.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5ee6ab9a206afdeb860a2ab23e7379b8462d1db3b48bca301e0772b4a65b6d4/GOPR8444_edit.jpg" data-mid="150307721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5ee6ab9a206afdeb860a2ab23e7379b8462d1db3b48bca301e0772b4a65b6d4/GOPR8444_edit.jpg" /> Tactical Pneumatics III By Students in Thin and Thick Construction Seminar&nbsp; 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