The idea is that this portable roof structure can be transported to site as one sheet of fabric and expanded into a 3-dimensional form simply through applying a tensioning force to its nucleus. It is the size and shape of the cuts along with a force which dictate the form the roof takes. In order to create the forms which are archived in scale with paper, a canvas of medium thickness is required for fabrication at 1:1. Laminated sailcloth provides the properties required allowing the fluid response required to extrude the form while the canvas weave provides enough resistance to hold the desired form when tension is applied.
The design is based on creating an expanding form from a 2D surface. The final design was derived from the experimentation with the reaction of surfaces after various cuts, scores and folds.
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