Submitted by Marco Casagrande
Bug Dome
China Architecture News - Dec 14, 2009 - 17:43 4928 views
Designboom: for the shenzhen hong kong biennale, the taiwanese architectural group WEAK! architects have created bug dome and installed it on the outdoor space northeast of the shenzhen civic center.
as part of the theme - loosing the countryside, WEAK! architects brought many workers from the southern part of china for their performance. based around insects the bug dome is constructed out of bamboo and weak concrete in the form of cement mixed with soil. all the necessary materials were collected from around the building site and will return to the natural environment after the biennale.
the cocoon is a temporary multi-functional architecture space, which will serve as a workshop for children, as well as a performance area by underground bands, poetry parties and architecture forums.
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8440/weak-architects-at-shenzhen-hong-kong-biennale.html
as part of the theme - loosing the countryside, WEAK! architects brought many workers from the southern part of china for their performance. based around insects the bug dome is constructed out of bamboo and weak concrete in the form of cement mixed with soil. all the necessary materials were collected from around the building site and will return to the natural environment after the biennale.
the cocoon is a temporary multi-functional architecture space, which will serve as a workshop for children, as well as a performance area by underground bands, poetry parties and architecture forums.
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8440/weak-architects-at-shenzhen-hong-kong-biennale.html