Miami Project Lounge

For the inaugural Miami Project, an international contemporary and modern art fair, we were invited to custom-design a free-standing architectural pavilion. Our challenge–how to create a temporary structure using both hands-on experience and cutting-edge technology?

The 24-foot-long pavilion embodies the duality of very high-tech and sophisticated scripting software and fabrication, and very low-tech material and assembly process. The structure is comprised of simple museum board–180 varying segments that, together, take the form of complex structural geometries. The segments are pre-assembled, in-house and by hand, into 18 different ribs–using solely Elmer's glue and a stock adhesive–and subsequently installed upright and fastened to one another via twist ties.

The pavilion was thoughtfully complimented by plus beanbag chairs and timeless Prince Aha stool, provided respectively by Fatboy and Kartell. SCRA, an applied technology research corporation, custom-fabricated the lounge's 20-foot-long carbon fiber bar that we designed in-house, also with the aid of scripting software. We used the pavilion as an internal research project, and continue to develop and integrate digital processes to office wide projects.