Roll over to see it fully contracted
The enclosures use pneumatic muscles to animate movements of the forms over time.
Sleep/Wake Membrane "Blue X"
This is the first construction in a series of three bed enclosures tentatively named:
"Blue
X"
"Red Y"
"Yellow Z"
This project was concocted by Flora McGarrell on the advice of Ann McGarrell, and with the invaluable design & engineering help of Brian Stansbury who implemented the pneumatic muscles.
It is currently on view at "Domystique" a show in the A+D gallery at Columbia College until April 25.
Close-up of passage valve
View from inside looking forward
Book informs design process for the purpose of the exhibition.
View from inside looking at the back to fan that provides the low-pressure structural support that resists the clenching of the high-pressure muscle system.
Air mattress concealed in floor pocket for comfort.
A viewer making an unconventional "breech" type egress
Post-apocalytic potential