Architecture with an Expiry Date
Temporary structures get built to disappear or relocate post fulfillment of the purpose of being build. These structures adapt and mold themselves according to the functional expectations and respond to their placement. The arrangement allows room for testing grounds with no pressure of longevity. The act of non-permanency generates the desire wanting its existence to last a little longer than its destiny.
1. HY-FI: Zero Carbon Emission Compostable Structure | Temporary Structures
David Benjamin designed Hy-Fi, co-founder of The Living, developed a closed-cycled brick made from a mixture of mycelium, fungi, and waste corn crops. The overall construction and termination of the structure were free of waste and carbon emission. The model takes an organic form drawing cool air from the porous bottom and releasing hot air out of the model that casts a light effect within its interior.
The temporary structure leaves zero debris post demolition.
2. Cardboard Cathedral, New Zealand
The Cardboard Cathedral is a temporary civic building by Shigeru Ban that brought hope after the 2011 earthquake swallowed victims in the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral. The 98 cardboard tubes of 20m length and 600 m diameter weighing 120 kg each coated waterproof polyurethane and flame retardants support the A-frame. A light effect creates a holistic ambiance within the religious building.
The temporary structure houses 700 people of Christchurch.
3. Pink Pavilion, Belgium
Architecture firm Selgascano, has floated a pink-yellow fluorescent vinyl eye-catching structure in the historic Architecture firm Selgascano has floated a pink-yellow fluorescent vinyl eye-catching structure in the historic edge of a canal in Bruges. The organic structure provides a different lens to its visitor, to view the City. The steel framework holds the flexible plastic into a desiring shape to fit in various locations. The pavilion is a platform for swimmers and sunbathers reviving the liquid City of Bruges.
The undulated form gives the city a spot to celebrate the old City.
4. The Paper Log House, India
The paper Log House was an emergency structure for the earthquakes that affected locals in Gujarat in 20001. Post natural calamity, a safe house is a basic necessity. The paper log house is raised on a foundation from the rubble of the destroyed structure topped by a beautiful mud floor. The roof is covered with two mats of bamboo and a plastic tarp.
Emergency architecture demands fast assembly and low-cost arrangements.
5. Marmalade Sky Pavilion, Thailand | Temporary Structures
The waffle-shaped colored fabric canopy was supported by concrete bases holding steel poles. Post the 4-day event at the Wonder fruit festival, the pavilion vanished; it was flexibly dismantled and reinstalled again to reinstall on children’s day. The 8 x 8 m fabric provided shade to the festival attendees. The structure got erected by all(zones)in collaboration with the Taiyo tent.
The temporary structure was portable and reusable.
6. Community Centre for Hindupara Community
Hindupara is a minority community of Rohingya refugees living in the refugee camp in Kutupalong within Bangladesh. Architect Rizvi Hassan helped to erect a community center using locally cheap materials having vernacular sentiment. Non-treated wood, tarpaulin, and straw, etc, materials that give flexibility and natural growth to the building process.
The temporary structure for refugees is a low-cost, low-energy, and high-speed construction method for emergency architecture.
7. People’s Pavilion Biennale, Kochi
The semi-transparent pavilion accommodates 420 people to serve as an auditorium for performances at the Kochi-Muziris-Biennale at Cabral yard. Anagram architects constructed the pavilion. The structure is partially opaque and transparent to behave as an inclusive structure for the people to participate without hesitation.
The structure allows being entirely dismantled and reused.
8. Burning Man Festival, Nevada
The Burning Man is an annual event occurring in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, a temporary community to create a Black Rock City. It is a movement where the city exists for nine days following a theme, and the man gets burned to ashes. The city is visited by people, to express art through various means until everything disappears.
The temporary city in existence turns into non-existence.
9. Min Tu Won School, Thailand
Min Tu Won school is a community school of Burmese refugees and migrants situated near the Thai-Burma border. A veiled bamboo skin guards the school edifice against sunlight and regulating flow within the volumes of the school.
The structure is evolving and adapting with the growth and development of the upgrading school.
10. Wishing Pavilion | Temporary Structures
The geometric flamed pavilion created by Daydreamers Design pays homage to the traditional brick burning tower. Total 5000 colored high-density polyethylene recycled bricks in double helix contain Led lights to have a rich effect of the flaming Tower during the dark.
The structure got commissioned by the leisure and cultural services department.
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