Give Me Shelter

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Give Me Shelter

Every year a so-called Seminarweek is held at Zurich University of Applied Sciences. During this week, students are being confronted with a special task which will allow them to improve their knowledge on the use of new and/or daily materials.
This year’s Seminarweek was themed „Gimme shelter“.
The goal was to design an accessible space while putting the main focus on the aspect of light distribution and subsequently erect a structure based on sketches and drawings made during research.
The only requirement implied the use of corrugated cardboard in different panel sizes and varying widths. Every group of students was given the same amount of working material.
In order not to denaturalise the waved structure of corrugated cardboard, the decision was made to simply stack the particular plates which would also result in a significant increasing stability of the whole structure.
A major advertence was given to exploring the combination of our ideas with the given task of creating a shelter. The results of our tests were promising and showed a surprising interaction of privacy and openness.
Our first design was composed of two identical pieces shaping a cube when fit into each other. The unclosed cube should lead people to enter the space and close it from the inside in order to encapsulate themselves from their surrounding environment. Due to constructive problems, we had to dismiss this first idea and develop an even more simplified construction. Given the cube’s clear shape we had to design a construction which would emphasise its simplicity even further.
Our final construction was then based on a fast
and simple system. Glued-together sheets of corrugated cardboard were mechanically cut in bricklike pieces with identical dimensions. While bringing up the walls by stacking these bricks, we gained bigger rigidity by stiffening the edges with a cross bond.

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Kevin Saba

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Phil Kohler

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Give Me Shelter

Give Me Shelter

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