people’s architecture office redefines uses for the pop up habitat
taking the original temporary habitat unit as a starting point, the architects exhibit a wider range of uses as complex structures in recent exhibitions around china.
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all images courtesy of people’s architecture office
recently exhibited at the guangzhou times museum, people’s architecture office-designed pop up habitat is pushed to new extremes with a display of complex structures formed from the modular shelter unit. developed from the photographers’ reflective panels, each unit offers a portable and light-weight solution to temporary housing. flexible and versatile, the structures can be installed virtually anywhere as displayed in their first exhibition where the city of dashilar was covered with pop up habitats reclaiming the courtyards and rooftops (you can read more about it here). in their most recent showing, the team explored the wide range of structural possibilities creating larger scale geometric mega-structures using the individual units. due to their light-weight characteristic the habitats can be stacked and linked to form long-span canopies and buildings capable of accommodating larger groups for various activities, a testament to the growing definition of uses.
at the gallery times museum, guangzhou
top of a large canopy structure
an entry threshold and habitable space at the culture and art festival of songzhuang, october, 2013
in the courtyard of the good design exhibition
multimedia pyramid auditorium at the good design exhibition
in an urban context
rooftop structure
urban infill structures can be installed just about anywhere
step by step construction of larger structures
configurations in diagram
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