Erected in the courtyard of Liggett Hall during Governors Island’s summer festivities, Burble Bup will be a secret hideout that lures people into its soft and magical interior through the use of a colorfully inflatable roof. Here they are enticed to stay, lounging and mingling within Burble Bup’s earthen walls, laying down and feeling comfortable underneath constantly shifting colored light. The pavilion isn’t a space of circulation but of rest and social interaction.
The dome is made from individual custom designed inflatable components (Bups) with a unique morphology that allows them to be connected together in a variety of ways. Their articulated, bloated and textured limbs provide a sticky connection point to join with a neighboring Bup. The ground portion of the pavilion is composed of soil berms that form a visual and acoustical boundary for the pavilion’s interior where public performances as well as private small talk can be enjoyed.
The non-toxic inflatables will be reused as floating toys at various NYC pools after the summer season ends. The fabric used for the soil tubes will be composted. The Pampas Grass and soil filling the tubes will be distributed to other landscape projects on the island. All of the materials were chosen for their ability to enhance our surroundings after their deployment in the pavilion.
Erected in the courtyard of Liggett Hall during Governors Island’s summer festivities, Burble Bup will be a secret hideout that lures people into its soft and magical interior through the use of a colorfully inflatable roof. Here they are enticed to stay, lounging and mingling within Burble Bup’s earthen walls, laying down and feeling comfortable underneath constantly shifting colored light. The pavilion isn’t a space of circulation but of rest and social interaction.
The dome is made from individual custom designed inflatable components (Bups) with a unique morphology that allows them to be connected together in a variety of ways. Their articulated, bloated and textured limbs provide a sticky connection point to join with a neighboring Bup. The ground portion of the pavilion is composed of soil berms that form a visual and acoustical boundary for the pavilion’s interior where public performances as well as private small talk can be enjoyed.
The non-toxic inflatables will be reused as floating toys at various NYC pools after the summer season ends. The fabric used for the soil tubes will be composted. The Pampas Grass and soil filling the tubes will be distributed to other landscape projects on the island. All of the materials were chosen for their ability to enhance our surroundings after their deployment in the pavilion.
Erected in the courtyard of Liggett Hall during Governors Island’s summer festivities, Burble Bup will be a secret hideout that lures people into its soft and magical interior through the use of a colorfully inflatable roof. Here they are enticed to stay, lounging and mingling within Burble Bup’s earthen walls, laying down and feeling comfortable underneath constantly shifting colored light. The pavilion isn’t a space of circulation but of rest and social interaction.
The dome is made from individual custom designed inflatable components (Bups) with a unique morphology that allows them to be connected together in a variety of ways. Their articulated, bloated and textured limbs provide a sticky connection point to join with a neighboring Bup. The ground portion of the pavilion is composed of soil berms that form a visual and acoustical boundary for the pavilion’s interior where public performances as well as private small talk can be enjoyed.
The non-toxic inflatables will be reused as floating toys at various NYC pools after the summer season ends. The fabric used for the soil tubes will be composted. The Pampas Grass and soil filling the tubes will be distributed to other landscape projects on the island. All of the materials were chosen for their ability to enhance our surroundings after their deployment in the pavilion.
This single family home is designed to fit seamlessly into the predominantly singly story, residential community of West Los Angeles. The design appropriates the traditional Mid-Century Modern courtyard houses that are ubiquitous in California, but pushes this typology to its limit. Instead of addressing the house as a single unit, each room is built to stand alone on a 4’x4’ grid. Rooms are situated in proximity to other rooms with related program so that the resulting interstitial spaces serve as shared courtyards and exterior corridors. Each courtyard takes on a distinct character that reflects the program of the adjacent rooms. This strategy creates intimate and often surprising outdoor pocket yards nestled between light and breezy interior spaces. The system is incredibly flexible. The house can be a assembled in any number of configurations and lends itself to prefab construction where standard components can be built off site.
Instructor: Barton Meyers
Erected in the courtyard of Liggett Hall during Governors Island’s summer festivities, Burble Bup will be a secret hideout that lures people into its soft and magical interior through the use of a colorfully inflatable roof. Here they are enticed to stay, lounging and mingling within Burble Bup’s earthen walls, laying down and feeling comfortable underneath constantly shifting colored light. The pavilion isn’t a space of circulation but of rest and social interaction.
The dome is made from individual custom designed inflatable components (Bups) with a unique morphology that allows them to be connected together in a variety of ways. Their articulated, bloated and textured limbs provide a sticky connection point to join with a neighboring Bup. The ground portion of the pavilion is composed of soil berms that form a visual and acoustical boundary for the pavilion’s interior where public performances as well as private small talk can be enjoyed.
The non-toxic inflatables will be reused as floating toys at various NYC pools after the summer season ends. The fabric used for the soil tubes will be composted. The Pampas Grass and soil filling the tubes will be distributed to other landscape projects on the island. All of the materials were chosen for their ability to enhance our surroundings after their deployment in the pavilion.