Pavilion – Joseph, Victoria, Lucian
Our inflatable will be a giant arch tunnel with a water cycle theme that starts at a door and leads people into the middle of the room.
Written Description:
Our idea is based off of the natural cycle of water through nature. The original concept was to create a piece that represents the entire cycle through each of its stages. However, in order to make our project simpler we decided to represent only the rainfall stage, while giving viewers a new perspective on this natural phenomenon that we take for granted.
In order to get this idea across we will be building an archway tunnel that starts at the door and funnels outwards into a bigger opening around the middle of the room. Viewers will first walk through the door inside a small arch that gradually gets bigger, opening them up to the rest of the room. The ceiling of the tunnel will be covered in plastic flowers all hanging down about an inch in order to give the carpet of flowers a little sway. There will also be many small blue battery powered LED lights hanging from the ceiling by about a foot or two. These will represent our raindrops and also provide ambiance lighting inside our tunnel. The 2 panels of ripstop at the bottom of the arch (that sit against the floor) will be closed using velcro, allowing access to the baffle points along the inside and also providing the possibility of adding DMX lights and sandbags to the inside. The blower will be hidden in a corner by the door.
Materials:
This arch needed more material than expected so we might have to modify the design to use less material. For now this is the list of things we need.
- 150-175 yards of white 5’ wide ripstop
- 500 grommets
- 500 ft of rope
- around 2 DMX Lights
- 15 yards of Velcro
- Flowers
- 100+ Hanging LED Lights
We would like a way to use less grommets and make them stronger. We inserted grommets directly into spare ripstop and they came off with little force. In our mockup the grommets put directly into the ripstop but the final inflatable needs reinforced grommets to prevent ripping.
Mock Up and Pattern:
Brainstorming Ideas:
Most of our ideas involved curves and an arch or dome in some form. To maintain the theme of cycles we also thought about using the four seasons or four elements.
