I’ve been doing a little research on flexible volumes and folding designs. Some links of interest:

bellows-style shelter: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/matthew-malone-recovery-shelter/ and http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/?p=918

folding greenhouse: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/folding-greenhouse.php

polyscene: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/dna.php?username=47699758@N00 (thanks to Dom for this one)

folding magnetic curtain: http://mocoloco.com/archives/005086.php (introduces a nice random element) and http://www.designspongeonline.com/2007/02/hannah-allijn.html

water carrier: http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20080522/2008-next-generation-winner-the-pleated-bucket (click on the image thumbnails to right)

Bouroullec Cloud for Kvadrat: http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/01/bouroullec-cloud.php and http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/16/clouds-by-ronan-and-erwan-bouroullec/

Ant


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