project
                
                
            
        Toyota-Bubble
General information
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                        Home page
                        
http://www.bfl-tr.com
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                        Location address
                        
Exhibition Paris, Paris Auto salon 2002
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                        Location country
                        
France
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                        Name of the client/building owner
                        
Toyota
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                        Function of building
                        
Exhibition
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                        Degree of enclosure
                        
Fully enclosed structure
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                        Climatic zone
                        
Temperate - cold winters and mild summers
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                        Number of layers
                        
mono-layer
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                        Primary function of the tensile structure
                        
- Space defining elements
 
 
Description
The exhibition object named cocoon is a simple pneu construction for the new Toyota Yaris. The main idea of the conceptual design was to display the new Toyota Yaris in a semi-transparent egg shaped structure with additional light and fog effects.Therefore The car was placed on a single column supported platform that contains all technical equipment. The inflated ETFE Foil covering is clamped to the special shaped border of the platform.
Description of the environmental conditions
Material of the cover
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                        Cable-net/Fabric/Hybrid/Foil
                        
Foil
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                        Material Fabric/Foil
                        
ETFE-foil
 
Main dimensions and form
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                        Maximum height (m)
                        
3
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                        Total length (m)
                        
5
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                        Total width (m)
                        
3
 
Duration of use
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                        Temporary or permanent structure
                        
Temporary
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                        Design lifespan in years
                        
21-30
 
Involved companies
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                        Architects
                                                                                
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Visionworks AG
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                            Engineers
                                                                                   
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                            Contractors
                                                                                     
Vector Foiltec GmbH
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                            Suppliers
                                                                                    
Vector Foiltec GmbH
 
Editor
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                        Editor
                        
Jörg Tritthardt