magenta workshop builds a stainless steel igloo at tel aviv crafts and design biennale
handmade using sheets of stainless steel, the installation reflects its surrounding environment.
to mark the city’s first crafts and design biennale, product design studio magenta workshop has brought an igloo to the warmer climes of tel aviv. handmade with sheets of stainless steel and using traditional building methods, the installation reflects its surrounding environment. evoking ideas of shelter and refuge, the concept behind the work aims to question our relationship with nature and the important role it plays.
image © dor kedmi
an igloo is a home, a temporary refuge, a primeval dwelling made of snow, an archetypal structure that, when no longer in use, dissolves into a puddle of water. magenta workshop’s igloo is a structure aspiring to forge a connection between traditional societies, ancient construction methods, and new materials and technologies.
image © dor kedmi
it was meticulously constructed by hand, yet its simple form is the result of a complex mathematical computation. sealed like a burial structure, it is composed of reflective stainless-steel sheets that reflect, replicate, and distort its surroundings. it echoes vanishing traditions and melting glaciers, blinding and warming the viewers while raising questions about the role of humans in the world and their relations with nature.
image © dor kedmi
image © dor kedmi
image © dor kedmi
image © dor kedmi
welding the bricks together
the building process
the igloo bricks during the production process
preserving the traditional building methods
building layout
brick structure
project info:
project name: igloo
project type: temporary installation
location: biennale of craft and design, erez israel museum, tel aviv
design: magenta workshop / ronen bavly
material: stainless steel sheets
techniques: cutting, bending, welding, polishing and traditional construction
dimension: h. 200, diam. 400
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