Large spans held by pressure, membrane logic, and controlled equilibrium.
Air-supported structures create large architectural envelopes with minimal mass and a clear pressure-based structural logic.
A broad-span architecture of pressure and surface.
This category foregrounds the technical clarity of air, membrane continuity, and lightweight span.
The architectural reading remains calm: fewer components, softer edges, and a structural idea that can be understood at a glance.
Like the TAO "Light Bridge", a bridge based on inflatable tubes, that can be inflated everywhere: after a flood, after an earthquake when bridges are broken or at a festival in a landscape, connecting islands and fields. Marvellous light and strong enough to carry a bus. A bridge over troubled water, indeed.
Linework clarifies how air-supported elements can work with civic-scale spans.
Text zum Hangar, der inflatable ist....
Pressure becomes a support condition.
What if a temporary building for "Médecins Sans Frontières" become a visual landmark? A visual landmark, that can be seen miles away, everybody can imagine: help is near! TAO developed such a lightful "tent", based on traditional pneus. Inflated in minutes, everywhere. Now it is used for Events and Exhibitions. TAO invented and developed this Lighthouse in a state-funded project.
Large membranes can define enclosed space, sheltered span, or temporary climatic protection with exceptional material economy.
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