At the center of the observance of the 500th anniversary of the Fuggerei social housing complex in Augsburg rises this pavilion built with cross-laminated timber (CLT), a work of MVRDV. It harbors the exhibition ‘Fuggerei of the Future,’ which propos
Since their invention and standardization in the mid-20th century, metallic containers have optimized shipping transportation, ushering in a new era of global logistics and commercial exchange. Later on, new approaches to architectural seriation and
The pavilion’s envelope is a prestressed plastic mesh that lets the air flow through and natural light come in, which helps keep energy use to a minimum. Built for Expo 2015, the structure is conceived to be easily dismantled and reassembled elsewher
Erected with artisanal materials and methods for less than 80,000 pounds, the modular building can be dismantled completely and the reassembled in another location.
Aiming to create a cabin that changes in color depending on the position of the observer, 95 templates of 2 mm-thick corrugated sheet and a printed marble-like texture are the only elements needed to materialize this experiment anywhere.
This house of 80 m³ and 27 m², designed for two people and transportable in a standard truck, is scalable and can be set up instantly. It contains three differentiated spaces: a living area/kitchen, a full bathroom with shower and one bedroom.
The project is an upgraded version of the traditional portable dwellings developed by nomadic people of Central Asia, and is built with raft wood pieces, attached with polyster rope and stainless steel joints, with roofs made out of cotton canvas.&nb
Presented at the past edition of Living Art in Ohyama, this teahouse is easy to assemble and to put apart, and was built with stacked cedar wood pieces from Wakayama Prefecture, leaving voids to let both light and air pass through.
Una piel de madera delinea una silueta que recuerda la de una cabaña elemental, y envuelve una torre abierta, colonizada por hamacas, que prolonga verticalmente el espacio de la ciudad.
Un pabellón desmontable y etéreo vincula en su envolvente las prestaciones estructurales de las membranas textiles con la ligereza propiciada por los sistemas de tensegridad.
Construida con materiales reciclados, y completamente desmontable, una pieza compuesta de varias crujías coloniza una azotea que ofrece espectaculares vistas de Londres.
The Spanish pavilion at Hannover’s Expo 2000 is a very sophisticated project. —Shall we say that Expo pavilions are buildings which allow more freedom of action than architecture usually does, because they are planned to last only six months. Expo ar
Packaged in boxes of 2.5 x 2 meters, the shelter designed by Ikea for refugee camps weights 169 kilograms and can be assembled in just four hours.
In 1947, Ateliers Jean Prouvé abandoned its outgrown workshops on Rue des Jardiniers, in the town center of Nancy, for larger space in an industrial area on the northern edges of the city. The need for expansion came hand in hand with a desire to tak
