FLYING & STRUCTURES - TU Berlin

FLYING & STRUCTURESWS 18/19 | FG Borrego Collaborative Design Laboratory

Architekturdarstellung und Gestaltung

Collaborative Design [email protected]

Technische Universität BerlinFak. VI - Institut für Architektur

FG Architekturdarstellung und Gestaltung

Sekr. A28, Raum A812T: +49 [0] 30-314-72730

Straße des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin

Flying and Floating Structures | WS18/19Prof. Ignacio Borrego, Benjamin Albrecht

ABOUT

CoLab is a Collaborative Design Laboratory. Its goal is to investigate those transfers which shall exist between design strategies and new design processes employed in contemporary industry, to apply to the design practice and architectural representation, employing a collaboration model based on collective work.

CoLab Berlin is part of a wider network which includes also a team in Madrid, where it emerged in 2009. CoLab Berlin is located in the department of Architectural Representation and Design at the Technical University of Berlin.

Head Prof. Dr. Ignacio Borrego [email protected]

Teaching Benjamin Albrecht [email protected] Associates Gabriela Barrera [email protected] Marta Torres Ruiz [email protected]

Tutors Francesco Grillo Inka Kuik Pauline Peter Ann-Kathrin Salich Annelene Stielau Luca Wenzel [email protected]

Office Sandra Heck [email protected]


The Flying Structures Seminar explores the manifold history of kite through design, fabrication, geometry and utility. From its earliest use as a measurement tool for the city, the 2000 year history of the kite is deeply rooted in architectural and urban investigations.

GeometryIn addition to the flying machine, the term ‘kite’ also refers to the geometric condition of a quadrilateral. The symmetry produced by the equal lengths of the adjacent sides is a primary trait of the topological kite and is what allows the plane/surface, in its more simple form, to fly. Today the design of the kite is as much a spatial exercise as a planar one, with most kites designed for utility or exploration being comprised of a collection of repetitive geometries organized in balance with one another. Partially to accommodate structure (strength/weight) and partially to increase lift, the modern derivation of the kite remains remarkably similar, in purpose and possibility, to the first kites built over 2000 years ago.

Studio/groundingEssential for its operation, the anchoring of a kite provides a firm, uniquely tangible connection between the site, the operator and the designer. Stemming from the kite’s significant urban past and often overlooked modern scientific relevance, this seminar explores the architectural possibilities and future of what is the world’s oldest form of aircraft. Design, construction and flying techniques are the basis for this design seminar. During and after the construction, ancient surveying techniques as well as contemporary digital tools will be used to explore the unique site of Tempelhof Airfield, engaging in the history of aviation at the location of the former “Luftbrücke” to Berlin.

Outcome/skills developedStudents will gain analog and digital fabrication skills tied to structures subject to real world forces, that must function and operate (as opposed to model building and structural/operational speculation). Parametric design tools will be taught and utilized in the development of the kite systems and geometries. The site of the airfield will be documented, including measurements and photographs taken from the kites themselves. Digital fabrication, digital design, site observation and exploration skills will be developed and promoted through this seminar.

TU Berlin | FG BorregoCollaborative Design Laboratory

Part I

FLYING STRUCTURESWS 18/19

“There are three departments of architecture: the art of building, the making of timepieces, and

the construction of machinery.“

Vitruvius, Chapter III Book I

Flying and Floating Structures Part one is a design seminar dedicated to the investigation of architecturally constructed flying machines.Gliding between its leisurely vocation and its scientific relevance, we will immerse into this legacy designing the world’s oldest form of aircraft: the kite.

Ranging from abstract sculptures to flying photographic devices, the design, construction and flying techniques of our machines are going to be at the core of our studies and our explorations into the special environment of the Tempelhof Airfield in Berlin.


SECOND GENERATION PROTOTYPE

SECOND GENERATION TO FINAL PROTOTYPE LAUNCH

18 / 12 / 04

Presentation of concept for second generation.

19 / 01 / 08

Fabrication session.

Work on your designs.

Feedback on construction and design.

18 / 12 / 11

Fabrication session. Work on your designs.

19 / 01 / 15

Fabrication session.

Work on your designs.


18 / 12 / 18

Interim Presentation of second generation.

Assignment: Improve/scale upyour generation

19 / 01 / 22

Final Presentationand Flying Session at Tempelhofer Feld


CALENDAR

18 / 10 / 23

Intro Lecture,Form teams,Research kite typesand choose your type.

Assignment: built kite till next class

INTRO + RESEARCH

FIRST GENERATION PROTOTYPE

18 / 11 / 13

Work on 3D modelfor your kite.

Desk crit and help with 3D modeling.

Assignment: start fabricating firstgeneration

18 / 10 / 30

Fly hand built kiteson Tempelhofer Feld.Session on the physics of flying.

Assignment: start concept for first generation kite.

18 / 11 / 20

Presentation of first generation:


Assignment: finalize firstgeneration

18 / 11 / 06

Rhino Tutorial:digital fabrication,intro to 3D printing.

18 / 11/ 27

Fly first generation at Tempelhofer Feld

Assignment: plan second generation


Peter J. Pearce patented his tetrahedron kite improvment in 1976.

TETRAHEDRAL KITETYPE 2


BOX KITETYPE 1


TETRAHEDRAL KITE


BOX KITE

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