pictures

pictures of the wall

Heating Element Prototypes

Prototype 1

Prototype 2

Prototype 2-top view

Current

Desk is coming in the next few hours. Should have another post within the next 4 hours or so and another one in the morning.

octupus inspiration

This image can give an idea of the surface texture on the bladders. I especially like the areas on the head. I don't know if it would become as intense as thoughs that spike out from the surface.

Cartesian Wax Project

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/cartesian-wax-prototype-for-a-breathing-skin-neri-oxman/#more-8510

bladders

Stranding Interior Wall Structure

Here is the first try at stranding of the structure. A lot of things still need to be resolved but this is what I ended up after we broke off from our group session.

structure and bladder concepts

Bladder system house

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/canteen-house-saves-water-in-a-bladder-skin-endemic-architecture/

sensibility images

water bladders

surface to tectonic expression

exterior surface

exterior surface

three pictures of some scripted surfaces

concept of bladders for exterior cladding

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/05/04/research.gives.clues.self.cleaning.materials.water.striding.robots

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1046/

checking out a few of these websites I was looking at self-cleaning materials. This first site is all about a microscopic surface logic that allows for water to repel off. The second site is talking about self-cleaning glass, that works by breaking down any organic material.

on suckerpunch today, in terms of retaining water and creating an environment it looks like an interesting idea

http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2011/02/15/hydrophile/#more-11347

Here is a different technique that we could use to create an exterior skin

Living Light

Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton live in the sunlit portions of the ocean and are capable of turning water and light energy from the sun into nutrients and oxygen through photosynthesis.

I thought this was interesting considering phytoplankton are single celled plant organisms, and I know we were talking about using a type of cellular structure in the skin designs.

This is exploring a further notion of the exoskeleton. I am just trying to take the mosquito idea and explore the potential for the exterior skin condition. There is the possibility of striated surface or a scale surface.