Architectural design: Blowing metal to create chairs and more

Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 21:14 in Physics & Chemistry

Instead making complicated folds in sheet metal to give it strength, two architects simply inflate the space between sheet metal shapes. Thanks to a new welding robot in a new workshop, they can now produce large structures measuring up to three by six meters.

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