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BUBBLE THEORY
MODELING
FABRICATING
BUILDING WITH BUBBLES
The triangular wall panels are CNC cut from a sheet of metal, then folded into their final shape. Insulation board divides each panel internally into 3 cavities - the outer air cavity lets the wall breath, the middle cavity acts as an air duct, and the inner cavity is for wiring and plumbing. 
When the panels are fastened together on site, a CNC cut gasket seals the connection. 
Once the plan is divided into panels, the panels are identified by number of the room they are associated with. Since the panels are built off-site to specific dimensions, the construction documents are essentially an assembly manual. 
The frame would be assembled first. The first letter of the panel designates its function, the numbers indicate room associations. B12A, B12B and B12C make up the beam between rooms 1 and 2, while C123A, C123B, C123C, C123D and C123E make up the column between rooms 1, 2 and 3. 
W indicates a wall panel. In a wall drawing, the adjacent beams and columns will be noted as well as any doors and windows. Because of the nature of the bubble geometry, there is no real difference between wall and roof panels. They are all refered to as wall panels. 
F indicates a floor panel. Again, the adjacent beams and columns will be noted. 
WN indicates a window panel. While windows could be manufactured seperately, this window is built using the same technique as the rest of the house. 
This is all the shapes required to make the panels for the dining room shown above. |