Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala

Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Bronze in Generatives Design Competition Category.

BronzeGenerativ· 2022

Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie

by Kuber Patel and Jwalant Mahadevwala

Client: Kuber Patel

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Generativ Category

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The Design

About Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie

Bucky ist ein am Boden verankertes parametrisches Kuppelzelt, das von der von Buckminster Fuller entworfenen geodätischen Kuppel inspiriert ist. Die Tanks bestehen aus 1 mm dicken, lasergeschnittenen, gebogenen Metallblechen und sind miteinander verschraubt, um einen isolierten Raum ohne Säulen zu schaffen. Es können auch mehrere Bucky-Blöcke miteinander verbunden werden, um einen Bucky-Cluster zu bilden. Zur Lagerung kann es in wenigen Tagen auf- und abgebaut und per Versandcontainer transportiert werden. Bucky sollte leicht rund um den Globus zu transportieren sein. Bucky ist eine leichte Struktur. Es handelt sich um eine flache Bauweise aus Metall, die es wasserdicht macht.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Darwin Bucky Ausstellungsgalerie befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Bucky is designed as a complete set of parts that can be assembled and disassembled if necessary at the site. It is a parametric dome tent anchored to the ground without a foundation. Bucky can be used as an exhibition gallery or a center for performance or a bar or a nightclub. The structure is a black box that provides a wide array of programs that could be decided by the tenant who rents by the day. It is designed to be placed in public gardens or exhibition grounds or even in a city square always permanently temporary provide the ground is flat.
Dimensions & Packaging: Diameter - 10m
Height - 6m
Material - Mild Steel
Panels - 324
Panels size - min 300mm and max 1250mm
Other components - 200
Joinery size - min 35mm - 1500mm
Number of Bolts - 2800
Technology - Machine folding and parametric modeling
Weather - all seasons
Tags: Parametric design, Origami, travelling gallery, temporary structure, Buckminster fuller, geodesic dome, modular structure, metal folding, flat pack structure, light weight structure
Production Technology: The structure is made using 1mm mild steel spanning a massive 10 meters and 6 meters in height without beams or columns. The Avant grade joinery system makes the structure leakproof and conceals more than 70 percent of the 2800 bolts which is an impossible task to achieve for a component that has naked edges on all four sides as the panels need to be collapsible. The panel size can be easily handled by one person making the assembly extremely efficient.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to construct a typology that works for off-grid areas. The criteria to fit a 10meter span and 6meter height structure into a 6meter container was a difficult task since Bucky was envisioned to be easy to carry around the globe. Adding further, making an open system into a closed system was also a major challenge which was necessary to make the building as watertight as that would ruin the artworks. The windows are designed to have indirect lighting without having rainwater through the opening to protect the painting from any harsh environmental conditions.
Research: Bucky was designed with the aim of making a travelling gallery that can be transported anywhere in the world in a 6 meter shipping container. Origami was the basic methodology used to figure out the panel folding of the building and with the help of parametric tools the fabrication was done onsite. As a result Bucky was able to be fit in a container as well as convert itself into a huge 100 square meter gallery within a matter of days.
Inspiration: Bucky is inspired by Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome. The project is envisioned to be a traveling gallery complemented by its aesthetic architecture for curators to exhibit their work anywhere in the world. One of the major inspirations was to create a gallery that it should be designed for repurposing and can be recycled or deconstructed to minimize unnecessary footprints.
Project Duration: Located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The project started in October 2019 and was made open to public in October 2021.
Operation Flow: Gallery is always perceived as a four walled box. Bucky transforms the way people experience galleries by making the building itself a part of the exhibition. People will interact the same way with the building as they interact with the exhibits inside it.
Team Members: Lead Parametric Designer: Kuber Patel
Lead Architect: Jwalant Mahadevwala
Client: Abbhay Mangaldas
Image Credits: Vinay Panjwani, Kuhoo Patel