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Dragon Eggs
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Project Summary

The ‘Dragons’ are two mirrored domes standing opposite to each other lengthwise conjoined by a tensile fabric, with a net usable area of 340m2, a footprint of 16 x 37 metres and a height of over 7 metres.

The goal of this project was to design a lightweight structure with minimal materials and bamboo as the main structural element keeping the mass to span ratio as low as possible. In its design we took into consideration the regional skill levels and technology available. 

Ultimately this design proves that it is possible to build with bamboo in a non-traditional setting through computational design.

The design takes into account the tropical climate. Adopting passive solar techniques, the structure uses convection to draw cool air inside by allowing hot air to escape through the elevated staggered layers of the fabric membrane with large overhangs that shield the interior from the sun and allow for cross-ventilation.

With these domes we have embraced sustainability by pioneering the use of bamboo in lightweight tensile and membrane domes. These cathedral-like structures truly celebrate the tropics. 

A free-flowing breeze and shadow play takes effect by design. The eyes wander along the geometric patterns of bamboo, dramatised by plant foliage shadows projected onto the translucent fabric membrane.

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Staircases

The modular parametric staircase is a script originally tested as an art installation for Arco Madrid.

This unique design makes the staircase look like it is “floating” above the ground and it can be adapted for use within and outside modern interior office spaces or large residences. The staircase design can be uniquely adopted and customised, with or without railing, for varying locations and uses depending on your requirements. With its contemporary look and versatile functionality, this staircase can be an exclusive centrepiece that is completely functional.

Decorative Ceilings

A room and its use can be transformed by changing or adapting the shape of its ceiling. In past projects we have been challenged to precisely that; what can be done in order to change the look and feel of a particular space.

Likeminds, a theatre foundation in the Netherlands, approached us to transform a rehearsal space for a theatre company in Amsterdam into a space that exudes warmth and was acoustically better suited for an audience.

In conjunction with ‘Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture’, Jasper Niens through “superproject”, his former collaboration, was engaged for the design, engineering and supervision of the 400 m2 stretch ceiling of the event space of the W Hotel in Amsterdam.

Geodesic Domes

Check out our article on the Geodesic Dome Installation for the Sea Games in New Clark City

Free Form Parametric Space Truss Systems

Derived from the grid-shell pioneered by Vladimir Shukhov, ‘Free-Form Parametric Space Truss System’ is a build technique that emanated as a result of Jasper’s development of free form sculptures. First pioneered in his art piece titled 510. It was further developed such that the skin was made an integral part of the structure in 510-II, and its applications were tested even further in UTMT.