DEPLOYABLE DOME. MAKING THE UTOPIA POSSIBLE | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE. SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY. | SURAT (INDIA) | 2019 | TEAM: ETSAE (CARTAGENA) | DEPLOYABLE SPHERICAL CAP/ANALOG

In the prototype made in Surat (India), a deployable structure is built using analogue means. The geometry chosen is that of a spherical cap, made according to the systems that Emilio Pérez Piñero protected in his patents in 1971. These are modules of three equal bars which are joined at a distance away from the geometric centre in order to create a sufficient radius of curvature, which is necessary for the creation of the spherical cap. Subsequently, the modules are covered with a textile material that acts as a roof, reminiscent of the hyperbolic paraboloids that Félix Cándela proposed together with Pérez Piñero for the competition to cover the Anoeta stadium. To make the prototype, materials are chosen that are readily available in any building materials shop. PVC pipes used in sanitation are used for the bars, the knots are made from the remnants of this material, connected with bolts and nuts, and white elastic textile material is used for the covering, which accompanies the folding and unfolding movements. Finally, the Spherical Cap is placed at the entrance of the Faculty of Architecture of the Sarvajanik School of Engineering & Technology in Surat.