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bluetube bar by dose
'bluetube' temporary bar by dose
all images © carlos trancoso / dose
'bluetube bar', designed by portuguese studio dose (antónio martins, carlos foyedo, and luís grilo,
recent graduates of oporto university), utilizes the low-cost materials and simple construction techniques
of the designers' 'tube-it' system to create a temporary outdoor bar.
the project was designed for the queima das fitas do porto academic festival. charged with the constraints
of a 3-meter square area and 5-meter height, dose rolled corrugated plastic tubing in a helicoid pattern
around a basic structural frame. each layer was secured together with plastic clamps.
the nature of the material offers interesting lighting effects during night hours when illuminated from within.
view looking up
detail view
the bar illuminated by night
closer look
detail on base construction
view of doorway
left: floor plans
right: side view plan
cutaway aerial view of interior
structural render
miniature working models of the structure
construction process
time lapse video of the project's construction
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40% of the world's material resources are used by the building industry. Finding enough secondary materials to build a 3mx3m building, when the project has very few material constraints, is extremely easy!
Why can't we act responsibly when it's so easy? If even students can not see the responsibility of the Architect or aren't creative enough to exercise that responsibility, we are in real trouble. After all, these guys are in charge of 40% of our resources.
Their professors should be fired.
anyway i get the materials-use point, but the concept is this: reuse is more eco-friendly than recycling. in this case it seems like they used new tubing, ties, etc. but they're demonstrating a technique that can also be applied to secondhand materials. it's less about what this one example was made out of than it is about the fact that it gives people an idea for how in the future, they can do something useful to do with what are otherwise waste materials.
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