Deployable structures with articulated straight bars are a good option to be applied in the emergency architecture. And the deployable domes with articulated straight bars, an efficient alternative to apply from the academy. In the 60s the Architect Emilio Perez Piñero left us references of geodesic deployable dome with three straight folding bars systems. And in recent years, the architect Felix Escrig and the architect José Sánchez Sánchez made important contributions in the design of deployable domes with bi-articulated straight bars, developing scale models and prototypes.

From the SMiA (Structural Morphology in Architecture) research group of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and in collaboration with the Master of Architecture of the Nottingham Trent University, we propose the design and construction of a deployable dome of approximately 30 square meters, with an alternative geometry of hexagonal modules. Using high tech in design and low tech in construction. Focused on the application of emergency architecture.

Design by: Omar Avellaneda

Workshop coordination: Omar Avellaneda - Marisela Mendoza

Video by: Steph Gayoso

Students:
Keli Asante
Matthew Edema
Abigail Gilman
Makhan Johal
Manpreet Landa
Wing Pei Lo
Mohammed Mangal
Ashleigh Muzvidziwa
Gulhan Sabri
Jack Whitehead
Tobby Westwood