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Coming soon: a new experiment of Onno Bokhove: simulation of magma flow in the earth. We already build an insulated room where a cooled container with gelatine will act as the model of the rock. This is under development, we are now looking for a good cooler, maybe we will adjust a portable airco or use some food industry equipment. For now the solution was easy: snow and ice available in large quantities all around the studio. Ice in a tub with a fan blowing air over it was sufficient to cool the cabin.

For the gelatine container a transparant cylinder or box will be used. This will be made without visible seams, we out outsourced this to a plastic processing company which can lasercut the PMMA and glue it together perfecty.

My part was to design and construct the cell together with Onno. We work with simple materials, and recycle as much as possible used woodpanels and lexan insulation panes. We only had to buy some wood (FSC) and the polystyrene foam panels. Because it may get wet rockwool is not usable, it also is not very suitable for a transportable construction.

The cabin is light enough to work in and does not give a claustrofobic feeling thanks to the windows. The whole construction is light and easy to dismantle for transport and storage thanks to theater construction methods with hinges (that can be split) where possible and simple connections with bolts. The dimensions of the construction are as economical as possible to get the most out of the material: standard sizes of 122 and 60 cm are used. All elements are light enough to be handled by one person. A heavy construction was not necessary because it will be used indoor.