Renault F1 DINA

What is a team building? How is it built?

A F1 team building is a portable building which follows their formula 1 team through the races in Europe. They are also called motorhomes, since they started as house wagons or buses on the early days of the sport. Today they are far from small and compact. Until the last 5 years, the team buildings have been consisting of two trailers with an awning between them. Today the biggest and most exclusive team buildings are 2-3 stories high and have a total area of 5-600 sqm. They are used for hospitality of the drivers, offices, business meetings, branding, exclusive dining, media and communication between the different parts of the team around the world.

DRIVERS’ PRIVATE SPACE

TERRACE

ENTRANCE

SECRETARY

RESTAURANT/BAR

OFFICE

KITCHEN

MEETING ROOM

MEDIA

Ground floor

second floor

What a motor home contains “The McLaren Mercedes Communication Center” was the most advanced team building, when it came in the race season of 2003. It got used 5 years, what is a normal life span of the modern team buildings, and replaced by the new “The McLaren Mercedes Brand Center” in 2008. This is the general contamination of the most advanced team buildings of today. They are normally designed in a way where press and dining guests gets separated from the offices of the team leaders, team meetings and technical consultations with the drivers. This is to prevent leak of important team secrets.

Why Renault F1

1977

2008

What was the criteria?

Intercontinental: The team buildings of today are complicated to transport outside Europe, when it comes to weight and size of the biggest parts of the mounting. The biggest team buildings of today can consist of so many parts, that it is needed 16 trucks for transporting all of it. The new team building of Renault will be designed of the light materials, which also are able to handle the transportation. The parts will fit in the biggest air plane containers, which will be especially designed for weight efficiency and also to fit with the rest of the team building.

Air Containers IATA Type 1/1S Prefix: PG

Air Containers

Volum Volume me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

1.174 ft 3 33.25 m 3 / 1.174

400 kg/882 lb

13,608 kg/30,000 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747F • DC 10-30 Freighter

IATA Type 2/2Q Prefix: AMA

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

17.16 m3 / 606 ft3

130 kg/287 lb

6,804 kg/15,000 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747F • DC 10-30 Freighter

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

21.16 m 3 / 747 ft 3

130 kg/287 lb

6,804 kg/15,000 lb

IATA Type 5 Prefix: AAK-ATA:LD-7

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

15.8 m 3 / 5 557 ft 3

130 kg/287 lb

5,035 kg/11,000 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 747F • DC 10-30, DC 10-30 Freighter

IATA Type 5 Prefix: AAP-ATA:LD-9

IATA Type 6 Prefix: PL

Max Gross Weight 6,033 kg/13,300 lb

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

350 ft 3 9.91 m3 / 3

200 kg/440 lb

6,033 kg/13,300 lb

IATA Type 6B Prefix: AQ-ATA:LD-8

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

6.94 m3 / 2 245 ft 3

120 kg/264 lb

2,449 kg/5,400 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 747F • L1011

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

9.91 m3 / 3 350 ft3

120 kg/264 lb

4,626 kg/10,200 lb

External Dimensions Dim mensions (LxWxH): 96”x60.4”x64” • 2.43m x 1.53m x 1.62m

IATA Type 6 Prefix: ALF-ATA:LD-6

Volume Volum me 245 ft 3 6.94 m3 / 2

Tare Weight: 180 kg/397 lb

Max Gross Weight 3,175 kg/7,000 lb

Suitable for:• Boeing 747, 747F • L1011

External Dimensions Dime ensions (LxWxH): 125”x60.4”x64” • 3.17m x 1.53m x 1.62m

External Dimensions Dim mensions (LxWxH): 125”x88”x64” • 3.17m x 2.23m x 1.62m

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

6.94 m3 / 2 245 ft3

90kg /198 lb

3,175 kg /7,000 lb

IATA Type 5 Prefix: PA:LD-3

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

4.53 m 3 / 1 160 60 ft 3

70 kg/154 lb

1,588 kg/3,500 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 767, 777 • DC 10-30 Freighter, DC 10

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 777 • DC 10-30, DC 10-30 Freighter

External Dimensions Dime ensions (LxWxH): 61.5”x60.4”x64” • 1.56m x 1.53m x 1.62m

External Dimensions Dime ensions (LxWxH): 60.4”x64”x125” • 1.53m x 1.62m x 3.17m

IATA Type 2BG Prefix: AMU

Tare Weight: 200 kg/440 lb

Dimensions External Dim mensions (LxWxH): 125”x88”x64” • 3.17m x 2.23m x 1.62m

External Dimensions Dim mensions (LxWxH): 125”x96”x64” • 3.17m x 2.43m x 1.62m

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 747F, 777, 767-300 • DC 10-30, DC 10-30 Freighter

Volume Volum me 9.91 m3 / 3 350 ft 3

Dimensions External Dim mensions (LxWxH): 125”x88”x64” • 3.17m x 2.23m x 1.62m

External Dimensions Dimensions (LxWxH): 125”x96”x118” • 3.17m x 2.43m x 2.9m

IATA Type 5 Prefix: PA

6,804 kg/15,000 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 747F • L1011

Suitable for: • Boeing 747F • DC 10-30 Freighter

IATA Type 2WA Prefix: PM

Max Gross Weight

External Dim Dimensions mensions (LxWxH): 125”x96”x96” • 3.17m x 2.43m x 2.43m

External Dimensions Dim mensions (LxWxH): 125”x96”x96” • 3.17m x 2.43m x 2.43m

IATA Type 2H Prefix: PM

Tare Weight: 260 kg/572 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747F

External Dimensions Dime ensions (LxWxH): 238.5”x96”x96” • 6.11m x 2.43m x 2.43m

IATA Type 2/2Q Prefix: PM

Volume Volum me 17.16 m 3 / 6 606 ft3

Volume Volum me 13.7 m 3 / 4 480 ft 3

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

200 kg/440 lb

6,033kg /13,300 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 747, 747F

IATA Type 8D Prefix: APA:LD-2

Volume Volum me

Tare Weight:

Max Gross Weight

3.4 m3 / 12 120 20 ft 3

60 kg/132 lb

1,225 kg/2,700 lb

Suitable for: • Boeing 767, 777

External Dimensions Dime ensions (LxWxH): 125”x96”x64” • 3.17m x 2.43m x 1.62m

External Dimensions Dim mensions (LxWxH): 47”x60.4”x64” • 1.19m x 1.53m x 1.62m

ECO-thinking A team building has different criteria’s than a permanent building, when it comes to environmental thinking. To design a permanent building in Europe, one needs to mainly be aware of energy consumption during different seasons of the year, and the consisting building materials. When designing the new team building the seasons of the year is not a big concern, since they get used in places during mild or hot clime. The biggest challenge is the use and transportation. By working with transportation, big changes can be made in satisfying the demands of eco-thinking. Since weight and size are connected with transportation challenges in this case, this will be a good start in meeting some of the demands of eco-thinking.

Design - speed - direction

How to manage the criteria?

Vectran fiber Air beam from Vertigo as the strongest beam in the world. It is designed in 2001, and manyfactered in 2004. The fabric is brade as seamlessly braided Vectran fiber.

Size and weight The building is going to be transported by airplane between the continents, but by trailers in Europe and from airports to races. Bad solutions in space efficiency in packed mode, means more trailers to transport, which leads to more fuel consumption and pollution. The more unnecessary weight, the more unnecessary fuel consumption and pollution in airplane transport.

Assembling May be the best solution when it comes to design, but not the most efficient, in terms of packing and transportation. There can be more span of different design solutions, and it may also be interesting to combine mounting structures with inflatable ones. Relevant example: IBM Pavilion, by Renzo Piano.

Foldable The advantages of foldable and collapsible parts of a structure/façade are the possibilities of quicker and more efficient assembling process. By looking at origami, it is possible to find solutions in packing and folding in the most efficient way. Origami can also be used to define a design language.

Inflatable Can be very light and simple, but also fragile and hard to control the design. An inflatable building can either be designed as a building with inflatable construction, the whole building inflated as a balloon, or a combination of both. Relevant example: The Mobile Performance Venue, by Various. Complicated shapes need helping elements, like a construction.

Which direction to take?

Origami Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper. Today origami is used in modern technology, such as folding together a parachute, airbag and the wings of a satellite, where all this requires the most efficient way between compression and decompression. Origami may have good possibilities for designing parts of the teambuilding, with structure and compression of the building in mind.

Morpho-ecology Morpho-ecology fascinates with its beautiful design, compounded by smaller repetitive elements, which also can vary in size or deformation. The result is both esthetic and construction working together in a harmonic way. The construction is integrated with the design in such a degree, that it all appears as a harmonic collaboration.

STRUCTURE

BODY

ENGINE

Foldable structure

Inflatable self-suporting structure

Workshop with Mark Smout and Laura Allen

SPEED

DIRECTION

1:1 SKETCHING

Renault F1 DINA

Renault F1 DINA Renault F1 DINA is a portable team building for the formula 1 team of INGRENAULT F1. The building is a hosting unit used for branding, sponsor meetings, technical meetings and also for hosting the media. DINA stands for Dynamic Intercontinental Negotiation Accessory. The program is very complicated in a unit like this, since there are parts, or functions, that cannot be mixed together. One example is the spaces for media and sponsor meetings, since the team and the sponsors wishes to control the information that comes out from the meetings that they hold. Therefore it is preferred to separate these two spaces. Another example is meeting spaces for the driver and the engineer, and the hosting space for visitors (where team members of the rival teams use to be among them). Most of the modern teams have solved this by separating the spaces in 2-3 units. Others have tried to find other functions without any remarkable or documented efficiency. In my case, I have taken this challenge as an opportunity to affect the esthetic design, as well as the space planning.

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Transport on plane:

Transport on truck:

Less containers means less transport. One container fits........

You only need two trucks to transport the Renault F1 team bulding. Two containers on each truck.

Renault F1 DINA is the first building of its kind to be able to follow all the races of its team. The team buildings of today are too complicated and heavy to transport in an efficient way outside Europe. The most modern team buildings of today consist of 12-15 heavy duty trailers, which means that each of the main parts has to be transported by a big truck across Europe.

Thus they are able to join 50 % of the races during the season. Renault F1 DINA will be able to follow all the races of its team. The ability to be compressed to the maximum and also having in mind that it is designed to be as light as possible, makes the building dynamic enough to be freighted by airplane.

In Europe the containers will be freighted around by Renault`s own trucks. When transported outside Europe, the team can rent other trucks directly from the country or place that hosts the race, to transport the precious containers of the team to the final destination.

The containers In total four containers makes the whole Renault F1 team building. Competetors uses more than twice as many...

The whole building consists of 4 containers, which will all look the same in transportation mode.

technical floor 1

The floor is easy to put up and to connect together by the adjustable legs. 4 Connected legs from each corner of the floor module create a stabile column, which holds up the walkable floor level 70 meters above the ground.

The floor is easy to put up and to connect together by the adjustable legs. 4 Connected legs from each corner of the floor module create a stabile column, which holds up the walkable floor level 70 meters above the ground.

The completed building, with the stairs outside mounted on. Finally, the surrounding bottom tube on each of the two shapes gets fixed to the ground, by ground anchors or temporary concrete anchors (rented from a local company near the races).

technical floor 2

The inflatable grit structures get filled with air from the two compressors, after getting attached to the mounted rails on the side of the containers. The diameter of the tubes will vary between 160 mm and 230 mm, depending on the span they have to hold. Since the tubes are connected together like triangles, they create a stable grid. The whole fabric is cut and welded, to be as air light as possible.

The EFTE fabric is actually very firm and shape-stable so that the shape does not expand by the high pressure. Thin carbon fibers are attached on the outer surface of the fabric to increase the stability of the clear shape of the tubes. When having the maximum pressure, the shape will be able to stand wind loads without great deformations. The compressors will automatically maintain the inside pressure of the tubes, by filling more air, when the sensors detect fall of pressure.

A-A

1. Reception 2. Kitchen/food preparing 3. “Vertebrae” toilets 4. Bar

C-C

C-C

5. Plasma/screen 6. Catering entrance

1

2

4

3

6

5

D-D

D-D

Section C-C

The “swiss knife container” in compact mode

scale

A-A

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A-A

7a Meeting room, sound proof 7b Office OPEN AREA 8a Driver 2 bed room 8b Driver 1 bed room

C-C

C-C OPEN AREA

9. Drivers “Vertebrae” wet room 6. Catering entrance

7a

7b 8a

9

8b

OPEN AREA

D-D

“Vertebrae” unit, where toilet, basin, storage, cistern and shower is connected in one vertical pipe to simplify space planning and water connections.

D-D

Section C-C

A-A

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Section C-C scale

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Section C-C scale

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Total area: 270 sqm Length:

25m

Width:

17,5m

Hight:

7,3m

Section C-C scale

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