Comments on: SWAS tent by Tie Fan http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Norman http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-267408 Norman Mon, 18 May 2009 20:40:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/#comment-267408 This is Tie Fan wants to sell Tie-Fans to people who need anything, but a Fan... Seriously, this is a joke in the wrong place? Try your business in california, Tie Fan! ...better before it gets hit by an earthquake! (I 'd laugh about this joke, if i hadn't seen all this eyes full of tears and pain... mate, you are just ridiculous) This is Tie Fan wants to sell Tie-Fans to people who need anything, but a Fan…
Seriously, this is a joke in the wrong place?
Try your business in california, Tie Fan! …better before it gets hit by an earthquake!

(I ‘d laugh about this joke, if i hadn’t seen all this eyes full of tears and pain… mate, you are just ridiculous)

]]> By: Eric Johnson http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-261056 Eric Johnson Sun, 03 May 2009 19:19:28 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/#comment-261056 Hi! This is a phenomenal idea, is it available to consumers yet? Is it available in North America? Thanks for any info.....evj1964@hotmail.com Hi! This is a phenomenal idea, is it available to consumers yet? Is it available in North America? Thanks for any info…..evj1964@hotmail.com

]]> By: Sara Makki http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-208745 Sara Makki Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:30:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/#comment-208745 what happened to form follows function? what happened to form follows function?

]]> By: jige http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-185432 jige Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:48:38 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/#comment-185432 i want buy this one. i think this in very underful and good design. i want buy this one. i think this in very underful and good design.

]]> By: Michael http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-182254 Michael Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:51:06 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/19/swas-tent-by-tie-fan/#comment-182254 The worlds most expensive disaster housing. To make a building rigid you probably need a 1kw fan (bounce house size) which would need about 5 sq meters of solar panels to power it, and if you need to keep it up at night you would need twice as many solar panels and some batteries. Currently solar panels are at best $3/ watt, so 2kw is about $6k and figure another few hundred for the battery system. Having the fan at the top makes more work for the fan, as it has to support it's own weight as well as inflating the walls, and when it rains the fan blows the water into the tent walls. All of this to avoid using tent poles. Go figure. This is sadly another typical example of a designer who has learned to make some pretty shapes in a 3d program, but has not spent any time thinking about the actual problems of the project. The worlds most expensive disaster housing.
To make a building rigid you probably need a 1kw fan (bounce house size) which would need about 5 sq meters of solar panels to power it, and if you need to keep it up at night you would need twice as many solar panels and some batteries. Currently solar panels are at best $3/ watt, so 2kw is about $6k and figure another few hundred for the battery system. Having the fan at the top makes more work for the fan, as it has to support it’s own weight as well as inflating the walls, and when it rains the fan blows the water into the tent walls. All of this to avoid using tent poles. Go figure.
This is sadly another typical example of a designer who has learned to make some pretty shapes in a 3d program, but has not spent any time thinking about the actual problems of the project.

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