Create a material that can be compressed into pressurized cylinders. After launced into space, it is sprayed into cold space and chrystalizes into sturdy foam. Ahead of that an inflatable construction creating the oulines of walls, square rooms, halls etc. is expanded in which the foam sticks to. As layer upon layer of foam builds on the construction, you get a huge blob of a station with maybe a 100 meter thickness massively isolating the raw living-spaces inside. The material/foam would be enhanced to effectively repell radiation, solar-flares, high velocity particles etc. Later, a construction can begin inside the rooms, attaching proper walls, electronics etc. to add weight and construct living conditions. Plenty advantages here; not need to monitor for increased radiation and a number of outside dangers, plenty of livingspace, storagespace, no need to construct super-isolating materials etc. If the foam is really hardy, it will even last much longer, extending a blob-station's life. Electronics with less critical standards can be used inside without failing, temperature-losses would decrease and probably a huge load of other small difficulties would vanish.

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