架构师提供的文本描述。展馆项目是东京大学小口实验室作为与大林公司合作研究的第一年硕士工作室项目的延伸和扩展。目的是审查实验设计/制造/组装/建造过程，这些过程不能仅由学校或专业实践来完成，并探讨与产生一套新的“问题”有关的可能性，这些问题可作为创新建筑设计研究的催化剂。

Text description provided by the architects. The pavilion project was the extension and expansion of the 1st year master studio project of Obuchi Lab, the University of Tokyo, as collaborative research with Obayashi Corporation. The objectives were to examine experimental design/fabrication/assembly/construction processes which cannot be done solely by either a school or a professional practice and to explore possibilities related to the production of a new set of “problems” which could act as a catalyst for innovative architectural design research.

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东京大学数字制造实验室

“九十九项失败”可解释为“九十九项研究议程项目”。我们的最终目标之一是建立一个展馆，引入一套新的问题，学生、研究人员和专业建筑师可以分享和追求扩展建筑话语。

“Ninety Nine Failures” can be interpreted as “Ninety Nine Research Agenda Items”. One of our ultimate goals was to produce a pavilion that would introduce a new set of problems which students, researchers, and professional architects could share and pursue to expand the architectural discourse.

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东京大学数字制造实验室

通过数字模拟和一系列规模模型试验，确定了该展馆的整体几何形状。在数字上，我们测试了大约50个不同可能的几何形状的变化，这将使结构展开成一个平面，但将作为一个稳定的结构时，形成目标的形状。我们选择了一个几何，满足了这一技术要求，并给我们提供了一个有趣的空间质量，无论是在展馆内外。接下来，在数字和物理装配仿真之间来回工作，我们精确地校准了最终目标几何的结构/展开性能。

The global geometry of the pavilion was determined through a combination of digital simulations and a series of scale model tests. Digitally, we tested roughly 50 variations of different possible geometries that would allow the structure to unfold into a flat plane, but would work as a stable structure when formed into the target shape. We chose a geometry which fulfilled this technical requirement and gave us the opportunity to provide an interesting spatial quality both inside and outside the pavilion. Next, working back and forth between digital and physical assembly simulations, we finely calibrated the structural/unfolding performance of the final target geometry.

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我们使用非常薄的不锈钢薄板作为压缩组件，以实现超轻结构。这些组件是像充气金属“枕头”一样制造的，每个组件由三层金属片组成。中间的床单是最厚的，以增加刚度。所有组件边缘都焊接在一起并密封，从而使膨胀过程成为可能，同时也确保每个组件是水密的。这些部件被液压充气，作为一个压缩结构单元。

We used very thin stainless steel sheets for the compressive components to achieve a super lightweight structure. The components were fabricated like inflated metal “pillows”; each component was composed of three metal sheet layers. The middle sheet was the thickest of the sheets to give extra stiffness. All of the component edges were welded together and sealed, thus making the inflation process possible while also ensuring each component was watertight. The components were hydraulically inflated to act as a compressive structural element.

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c.Hayato Wakabayashi

每张中板的厚度分别为0.8毫米、1.2毫米或1.5毫米，视成分大小而定。两侧外板厚0.5毫米。

Each middle sheet was 0.8 mm, 1.2 mm, or 1.5 mm thickness, depending on component size. Outer sheets were 0.5 mm thick on both sides.

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东京大学数字制造实验室

组件的三维形态是膨胀产生的自然形状。近似厚度的估计是通过一系列简单的全尺寸模拟试验来检验的.

The components’ 3-dimensional forms were natural shapes produced upon inflation. Estimates of approximate thickness were checked through a simple series of full-scale mock-up tests.

255个独特的压缩部件全部联网，作为一个连贯、综合的结构系统工作。它们的形状是在我们为这个项目定制的程序中绘制的。

255 unique compressive components were all networked to work as a coherent, integrated structural system. Their shapes were drawn in a program which we custom-created solely for this project.

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东京大学数字制造实验室

在设计组件的形状时，考虑了一系列关键因素：

A series of crucial factors were considered when designing the shapes of components:

1)整体组合的几何约束

1)  Geometrical constraints due to global composition

2)组件之间的协调，以避免组件之间的不必要的重叠/冲突(完成时和挂起时)

2)  Coordination between components to avoid undesirable overlap/conflicts between components (both when completed and when hung)

3)用机器人臂制造焊接夹具的兼容性

3)  Compatibility with welding jigs when fabricated with a robot arm

4)液压充气的安全性能(直接影响构件的结构性能)。

4)  Secure capability to be inflated with hydraulic pressure (which directly influences structural performance of component)

(5)最大孔隙度(如凉亭)，允许光线照射，并将风压负荷降至最低。

5)  Maximum porosity (as a pavilion) to allow light and minimize loading from wind pressure.

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东京大学数字制造实验室

为了固定这些压缩部件，不锈钢螺栓被固定在带有铝卷曲的不锈钢双电缆上。连接在螺栓孔上的这些卷曲在压缩构件的角上穿孔。

To fix those compressive components, stainless steel bolts were fixed to a double cable made of stainless steel with aluminum crimps. These crimps attached to bolt holes perforated in the corners of the compressive components.

在计算设计过程中，最有趣的挑战之一是编写一个数字模拟测试，以满足我们的实际情况。没有它，我们就不可能完成这个项目。另一个令人感兴趣的挑战是组织一个顺利的生产过程。我们首先生成协调多个复杂参数的组件形状，以输出连贯的数据集。然后，机器人手臂可以有效地切割和焊接部件。

One of the most interesting challenges in terms of computational design process was to program a digital simulation test to match our physical reality. Without it, we would never have completed the project. Another interesting challenge was the organization of a smooth production process. We began with the generation of component shapes that coordinated multiple complex parameters to output coherent data sets. A robot arm could then cut and weld the components in an efficient way.

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c.Hayato Wakabayashi

尽管我们希望在接下来的几个学年中继续深入研究我们在这个项目中遇到的多个“失败”，但我们也计划通过使用计算设计来探索更多的研究，重点是材料行为和高技术和低技术制造/组装过程的杂交。

While we expect to pursue further research in the following academic years related to the multiple “failures” we experienced during this project, we also plan to explore more research focusing on material behaviors and the hybridization of high and low-tech fabrication/assembly processes through the use of computational design.