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ECTURAL
L APPLICA
ATION OF COLLAPS
SIBLE SYS
STEMS
4.1 ARCHITE
CAR
RAVAN MA
ARKIES ( The Awnin
ng ) 1985
De Markies (T
The Awning
g) was a 1985 entry in the Tem
mporary Living comp
petition. It was conce
eived
he road, it measures
s just 2.00 metres
m
x 4.50
4
metres
s, But once
e at its
as a mobile home. On th
desstination, th
he floor-spa
ace is increased 300
0% in a ma
atter of secconds. It offfers multip
ple rooms giving
occ
cupants som
me person
nal space..
The
e side wall is descend
ding to cre
eate two ne
ew zones. The
T folds out
o rooms are with slleeping are
ea on
the left and livving area on
o the rightt. The living
g area is with
w fold ou
ut furniture,, with two skins,
s
one is
tran
nsparent an
nd one witth semi tran
nsparent w
when privacy issue is
s needed to
o be consid
dered
ed : BELLOWING , H
HINGING
Collapsible Syystems use

Fig26SShowsFullyOp
penedSidewallswithHalfopeenedshades

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Fig27Show
wsFullyOpeningstageofMarkkies,HalfOpen
nedstage,Interiorof
Markies&NightviewofFullyOpenedMarkiesRespectivvely(fromtopleftto
bottomrightt)

DES
SERT SEA
AL TENT 2004
2
Des
ssert seal is
i an inflata
able tent fo
or extreme
e environment. It folds
s, roll and stress to save
s
space
e for
bac
ckpacking. And apply
y technolog
gies that co
ould be use
e in aerosp
pace where parachutte sewing and
a
eme
ergency inflatable me
echanism is being ussed
The
e structure, which can
n be rolled
d up comple
etely for tra
ansportatio
on, is inflatted with a pump.
p
The
e pegs
are fixed in po
osition, the
e inflatable mattress is inserted and the so
olar panel lashed in place.
p
The
ncept is bassed on a te
echnology--transfer programme
e of the Eurropean Space Agenc
cy (ESA). The
T
con
sma
all volume and low weight
w
of pn
neumatic sstructures play
p
a vital role in terrms of transportation .
ystems use
ed : FOLD
DING & INF
FLATION
Collapsible Sy

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Fig28
8ShowsFullyin
nflatedtent

Fig2
29ShowsInteriiorofthetent

Fig30ShowsFoldedSStateofTent

ELE SPAC
CE STATIO
ON 2004
MIE
e Miele Spa
ace Station
n is an arcchitectural installation
i
n made enttirely of wa
ashing mac
chines, hen
nce the
The
nam
me. This multifunction
m
nal mobile unit is com
mpounded out of five
e separate modules, each
e
of wh
hich
can
n be carried
d by two pe
eople. Wasshing machines have
e a standard width off 60 cm, an
nd, accordingly,
so do
d these segments. The
T modulles can be rolled thro
ough a stan
ndard doorr of 210 x 70
7 cm. To
faciilitate trans
sportation the
t five po
ortions can be assembled on a trailer
t
as a caravan. Once on site,
s
the
seg
gments can
n be placed
d in various configura
ations so th
hat the objject can be
e used for many
m
purp
poses
and
d in differen
nt sizes. Th
he space station
s
hass already done duty as
a a bar cu
um art vend
ding machine, a
pav
vement caff and a music shop//office/bar; during PA
ARASITE PARADISE
P
E it served as a mobile
arch
hitects offiice.
ystems use
ed : ASSE
EMBLING & HINGING
G
Collapsible Sy

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Fig31ShowssViewsofFullyyAssemebeldM
MieleStation

Fig32ShowssViewsofMielleStationdurin
ngAssembling

OBILE POR
RCH 1999
MO
MO
OBILE POR
RCH started in Nov 99 as a tem
mporary site
e-specific proposal
p
fo
or the public art program of
NKA
AT, coordinated by Georgia
G
Wa
ard.MOBILE PORCH
H can be a shed, a re
eception desk, a stag
ge, a
ben
nch, a lamp
p, a screen
n, a catwalk, a workshop, a veh
hicle, etc. MOBILE
M
PO
ORCH is a flexible
stru
ucture that fulfills diffe
erent functtions accorrding to the
e varying situations.
s
It
I is both a physical
stru
ucture but also
a
a sociial one. It is an offer w
which prov
vides a ran
nge of new
w possibilitie
es.

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Mob
bile Porch is used in urbanity e
environmen
nt for facilitties public mini activitties. It is made
m
of alu
uminum
drum clad in triplex.
t
The
e drum sits
s on two wh
heels, and would allo
ow 2 people to move. The pane
el can
be folded
f
out for making
g inner spa
ace larger as
a a booth
h.
Collapsible Sy
ystems use
ed : ASSE
EMBLING & HINGING
G

Fig33ShowssMobilePorchusedasStreetShops

Figg34ShowsAsssemblingofMo
obilePorch

Figg35ShowsAsssemblingofMo
obilePorch

Fig35Show
wsFullyOpened
dMobilePorch
h

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