Modular system for creating rigid pipe structure of any shape" The creator of this invention is Dr. Eng. Maciej Zawidzki from the Department of Intelligent Technologies.
"Vault-Z" is an extremely modular system comprised of a single basic unit. Units can be assembled joined together in several ways:
As a result, it is possible to create pipe-like (and half-pipe-like) structures such as: domes, barrel vaults and "funnels":
Regular and irregular (half-) tori:
Various pavilions of elongated and "bent" shapes:
Multi-branching shapes:
The purpose of Vault-Z is to construct pavilions which:
- are made of a single type of the basic module, which can be relatively inexpensively mass-produced in factory environment under strict quality control
- has possibly any form
- are robust, as the module universality allows for repair by a simple replacement of a damaged unit
