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‘Balance Through Buoyancy’ Floatastic
Pavilion / QASTIC Lab
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Designed and constructed by QASTIC Lab, ‘Balance Through Buoyancy’ is a temporary
researchpavilion called “Floatastic” which was designed and built for a private client to
serve as a shade pavilion for a wedding ceremony. Situated in Edgerton Park, in New
Haven Connecticut (an Olmsted planned landscape), this deployable structure aims to
create a floated shelter which avoids imposing any loads to the ground, which traditional
structures require. Instead, it proposes a well-fabricated balloon, which is filled with Helium
to raise the imposed loads of fabric veils and any possible dynamic environmental loads
toward the sky. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Buoyancy is achieved through the efficient harnessing of a noble gas. The idea of ‘Flesh’ is
explored through the pavilions possible functions and effects, by which an abstracted mass
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27 AUG2013
by Alison Furuto
Cultural mini Pavilion New HavenQASTIC Lab United States
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can impose on fabric surfaces in both relaxation and tension. It is within this dialogue of the
helium container and the loads that we can test possible architectural and spatial effects,
with articulation between Balloon edges and fabric veils exploring the possibilities in which
the complex surface veils are relaxed or in tension in double curvature configurations.
Making use of the method of reversing load bearing systems, the form of the pavilion is
defined by geometrically precise formwork that is then fabricated with randomly varying
edges both for the horizontal balloon and the PVC pipes on the ground to allow for varied
functions at different heights, climates and locations. Since the surrounding environment
and microclimate fluctuate in every 24 hours cycle, our studies found that the floating
pavilion will experience many buoyant conditions which are unique however steady.
Metaphorically, Floatastic envisioned to be a surrealistic and breathtaking imitation of the
Jellyfish that appear alive and tries to swim against the external forces in the water.
However, rather than being in the water, Floatastic questions its audiences to
unconsciously know if they are floating in the sea or on the ground.
Architects: QASTIC Lab
Location: Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Constructor: QASTIC Lab
Designer & Team Leader: Mahdi Alibakhshian
Design And Fabrication Team: Ali Sadeghian, Reza Zia, Ahmad Jamei, Carlos Bugatti, Delara
Zarrinabadi, Lili Saliani
Design & Fabrication Consultants: Nathaniel Hadley, Mohamad Reza Mojahedi
Client: Jahangir Mohamadzadeh
Exhibition Period: July 2013
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© Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola
© Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola
© Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola © Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola
© Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola
Year: 2013
Photographs: Net Martin Studio, Brian Lapola, Courtesy of QASTIC Lab
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