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Cardboard Pipe Dream: May 2009
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Sunday, May 3, 2009. Today is the day you and we have all. Been waiting for. Today is the day we. Place everything we have worked long. Hours on for the public on the site! The day unfortunately began with a. Major setback: RAIN. We have all. Been watching the weather reports for. The last week in hopes of a warm and. Sunny day, but instead, we were stuck. With a cold, damp day. But that didn't. Stop us. We came prepared with a. Tarp to cover all the pieces from. Just like how the. Past day, the pieces.
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study IX
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Thursday, April 23, 2009. A rather significant advancement. Has been made in order to. Provide structural strength to. The project. Since the screws. Did not work well in Structural. Study XIII, Phil and Matt. Idea of using large. Joints to be placed. Made of a series. A joint. The. Degree angle. The. Easily slid into two. Strength. The knuckles can also. Be easily mass produced, which. Will save much-needed time and. The canopy pieces, however,. Can not stand on their own. Each one needs their own form.
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Final Model: Phase IV
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Saturday, May 2, 2009. Final Model: Phase IV. Ladies and gentlemen, the final. Model is OFFICIALLY BUILT! The day before the biggest day of. Our project, we all came together. And wrapped up everything we could. For the final model. The last tubes. Were sawed, the last tube. Were stapled into the canopy, and. The last bits of. Grass were put into. However, or process did not go 100%. According to plan. We believed. We achieved our tube quota, but. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Up with a plan and.
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study X
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Sunday, April 26, 2009. A well-improved version of Structural. Study IX is built. The same type of. Tubes are used, and the same. Wood joints are placed within the. Tubes As good as the previous. Study was, this most recent one is. First, no rope is needed for tensile. Strength. We initially anticipated the. Need for roped once again, but we. Structure stand up and support its. Second, an effective foundation is. Built The main structure possesses. Two smaller tubes that reach the. Tim, Matt and Phil.
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Final Model: Phase III
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Friday, May 1, 2009. Final Model: Phase III. The canopy aspect to the model. Is near completion. Any excess. Pieces of tubing left over from. The seating construction were. Sawed into 2" pieces. Each. Individual piece is cut, linked to. Another piece, then stapled back. Together. They are. Together like a chain,. Used to add variety. The pieces in this canopy. The large carpet tubes,. Will later be clamped onto. As for the structure's green. Returned to the idea. Small circular pieces of. More are to come.
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study V
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A new progression of how to. Fasten tubes together has. Been made. Using rope, a. Series of eight tubes of various. Heights are brought together,. The rope is driven through. Holes in the tubes and woven. Around each other. This method. Allows this composition of tubes. To be moved into multiple forms. It may be straightened out or. Curled up into a tight space. These forms are fluid and. Organic, which are aimed. Towards the desired aesthetic of. Tim, Matt and Phil. Paulson an...
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study VIII
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Thursday, April 23, 2009. With the project being as. Along as it is, we have. These massive tubes,. Possibilities for our final. A full scale study of the. Has begun. With. Effectively, so ropes. Tied at the joints and run. The length of the piece to. Provide tension. The. Did provide a sense. People, but it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is Cardboard Pipe Dream? Is an experimental design/build project started by Juniors at Philadelphia University's Architecture program. AC Repro - 159 tubes!
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Tube Contributors
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Friday, April 24, 2009. Our project would not be possible if it were not for kind and helpful students, printing companies and architecture firms. We even got some help from carpet companies and fabric stores! We have depended solely on these people to donate hundreds of tubes. Here are the following contributors of tubes to our studio:. Bruce E. Brooks and Associates. Cogan Joseph J Blue Prints. Floss Barber, Inc. Matthew V. Piotrowski. Paulson and Company Carpet Sales. Zelig Group, LLC. Weidmann-Zelig ...
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study IV
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A number of days after the model. Disassembled for observation. The. Tubes were sawed both. The concrete. Some of the. Mold The concrete r. Over a number of days, it did not. Fully cure. For example, some of. To the touch. This. Lesson taught us to. Dry in the foundation of our. Model, or measure each ingredient. Tim, Matt, and Phil. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is Cardboard Pipe Dream? Which means the students will also be constructing and installing their project!
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Cardboard Pipe Dream: Structural Study VII
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Saturday, April 18, 2009. Our studio is contemplating the. Idea of including some sort of. To project up and. Structure. It will provide shade. For its users, and will also catch. Peoples' attention more as they. Approach and walk by the. In this study, two. Vertical tubes. This. Adults and kids alike. This design just keeps getting more and more interesting guys! Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:37:00 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is Cardboard Pipe Dream? Check back to watch our project take shape.