THE TIME IS RUNNING

 

 

The time on our clock is running fast, monday morning our building weeks will start for the very first time not in the old workshop but in a tent. Thank you festool for the lovely clock by the way !

INTERNATIONAL PLYWOOD PACKAGE ARRIVED

Perfect timing for the delivery of the plywood plates today. The sky opened for a moment and we were able to unload the truck under dry conditions. We werent able to fill in the form early enough to get our faculties forklift, but fortunately the street was under construction and the friendly excavator operator was openminded to help us. The first time we were happy that a road was closed for repair ...someones problems someone elses happyness.

 

We got a decent price from International Plywood BV for the building material and a very good advise which material will be the best to use for our flightcases. Did you know, that the plates have different names internationally ? In Germany its Multiplex, in the Netherlands Triplex, even if it has more than 3 layers and in the United States of America its plywood.

Have a look on http://www.intplywood.nl/

 

 

THE WORLD BECOMES YOUR WORKSHOP

 

This picture illustrate the concept of our new mobile workshop very well. While thinking out of the box, was the usual task for the bucky lab students, we will now also build out of the box. This concept allows us to save space during the time we dont build, increasing the flexibility of materials we are building with, and of course flexibility, when the boxes are ready the world becomes our workshop!

picture: Ron Valkenet

 

HETTICH ARCITECH

 

 

We had our last meeting with hettich today before the building weeks, the dutch team from hettich will join us on the end of the first week to build the drawers, having the worlds first parts from their new future proof Arcitech drawer system makes even them exited to apply, and as far as we can see after the meeting today it it was worth to redraw the whole compartments to fit their new system.

 

 

GOOD WEATHER PLEASE

 

We found this foto...lets hope this is a sign that we will melt away next week instead of washed away...so cross fingers, but we have a mobile fridge as also fresh coffee and a roof over our heads ...

 

BUILDING LOCATION READY

 

The faculty is prepared for the building week next week, having a nice central spot between two buildings directly next to our huge glasshouse will become a pretty good place to build. Creating a field workshop in a tent is quiet a challenge, building the new workshop even more because we dont have the toolboxes ready, thats the task of this semester. Its like what was first the egg or the chicken...?

 

MEDIA FACADE PROTOTYPE

 

 

 

a first test with the media facade prototype, a new way of aperture like principle. more infos later