Sukkah City: NYC 2010 - Ephemera

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Sukkah City: NYC 2010 - Ephemera

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Zoetrope Design Studio

The Sukkah is a temporary shelter used for dining and prayer as part of the traditional Jewish observance of Sukkot, a weeklong celebration commemorating time spent in the wilderness after being freed from slavery in ancient Egypt. The rules that governed this design competition come from historical tradition. Perhaps the most defined rule pertained to the roof: that it must be made of shatch; organic materials once grown in the ground, but no longer attached to the earth. Our approach to this rule was to use corrugated fiberboard dipped in soy wax to satisfy the requirement. this hybridized, modern material constitutes the primary basis for our design concept - to create a structure that could be as easily transported as a deck of cards, folded and assembled into place for the sukkot holiday. When compressed, our system of cut and twisted fiberboard modules compact into small packages that can be easily carried and stored for the next year. Designed using parametric tools to manipulate the modules, the cut pieces combine to create “walls” that lift and twist off of the ground and blend into a lattice-like roof in one sweeping motion. Thusly, a modern interpretation of the traditional sukkah rules is used to create a more fluid architecture, and challenge standard conventions of enclosure.

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Sukkah City: NYC 2010 - Ephemera

Sukkah City: NYC 2010 - Ephemera

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