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Clue installation by Elevation Workshop
Beijing architecture studio Elevation Workshop completed a freestanding structure made from strips of strengthened bamboo for Beijing Design Week 2013.
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Elevation Workshop was one of thirteen practices invited to create an installation using bamboo steel, a laminated and treated material that is formed using bamboo and produced in China.
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Designed and assembled by the practice, the structure is formed from vertical members that stand at angles to zig-zagging horizontal planes. Visitors interacted with the piece by sitting or lying on the benches, or by walking through a hinged upright element that opens like a door.
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All the installations were exhibited at the 751 D-Park, a former industrial facility in northeast Beijing.
Beijing Design Week 2013 featured a few of installations, including a pattern of strings through a Beijing hutong and a pavilion surrounded by 1200 vertical brass tubes.
See more information from the architects below:
ELEV installation for Beijing Design Week
The installation is a freestanding system that contains space for human activity and interaction.
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The design generates an ambiguous space by creating a set of floating horizontal surfaces that offer functional need for visitors.
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They are invited to lie, sit, stand and walk through the installation, constantly shifting between being enclosed and being exposed.
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The suspended edge condition provides a gradual and soft connection to the surrounding area.
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The boundary between inside and outside is blurred.
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The elegant vertical element resembles the material quality of bamboo, lean yet strong.