Biennale: Foster's Drone Port

Biennale: Foster's Drone Port
Biennale: Foster's Drone Port

Video: Biennale: Foster's Drone Port

Video: Biennale: Foster's Drone Port
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We have already talked about the African drone port project, which was launched by the Norman Foster Foundation in 2015. The project fits perfectly into the theme of the biennale proposed by Alejanro Aravena - after all, the star architect is not at all busy creating iconic buildings or skyscrapers - he is creating a network that should help the people of Africa with the delivery of essential goods to where there are no roads. Foster's exhibits show how work has progressed since September 2015.

Norman Foster presents the drone port project in September 2015:

A very simple, but beautiful module - a cell covered with a sailing vault made of raw brick can be combined into chains and even overlap fairly large spaces, folding into something similar to old Tashkent baths or rows of domes over Istanbul courtyards - the eastern origin of the theme is undeniable and even how as if somewhat underlined. Students from Madrid, ETH Technical University of Zurich and MIT Technical University of Milan have built one such cell in the vicinity of Corderi especially for the Venice Biennale of Architecture. The dome echoes the ETN and ODB designs shown in the main body of the Corderie Arsenal.

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Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Норман Фостер – о дронопорте. Пересъемка: Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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The construction of the showcase pavilion at the Biennale is part of the ‘Redline’ concept to promote the drone port idea, co-developed with Jonathan Ledgard of EPFL University in Lausanne. The idea is to build three prototypes to prove the viability of the concept, for which the Rwandan government has allocated land on a long-term lease (it is in Rwanda that the first drone ports are planned to be built). They should line up in the first line of cargo drone ports from Congo to the Nile. The Red Line is an example of a different, peaceful use of drones as opposed to their military use. Ledgard believes that in ten years the total area of the mini-airports built by Lord Foster will exceed the total area of large airports built according to his designs. However, while originally intended for mini-airports, modular dome designs can be used for markets, schools and hospitals.

Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
Реализованный модуль дронопорта на венецианской биеннале. Фотография © Юлия Тарабарина, Архи.ру
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The implementation of the test object took a total, including development, 6 months, of which 4 weeks of work on the site. One of the main challenges was to ensure that the bricks withstand a compressive force of at least 10 megapascals at the lowest possible weight and size. They are made using a Durabric technique similar to adobe, but refined by the LafargeHolcim Sustainable Structures Research Center for commercial production in developing countries - the bricks are composed of a low-carbon mixture of compacted soil and cement, dried without firing. The dome consists of two outer layers of Durabric bricks and one inner layer of regular bricks. The author of many striking installations, Olafur Eliasson, proposed the idea of a solar energy collection system for the project: solar cells located on the roof must transfer energy to batteries, which store it for lighting, connecting equipment, and more. The idea is called "solar brick" - Solarbrick.

When assembling the dome, it does not do without wooden formwork, but to minimize it, metal scaffolding and thin guides are provided - their design is shown next to the prototype.

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