HEXigloo: Honeycomb Cardboard Pavilion Pops Up in Bucharest!

The pavilion is a gigantic honeycomb design that was made by students and set within a public space.

HEXigloo is a recyclable and biodegradable cardboard pavilion that recently popped up in the streets of <a title="Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" target="_blank">Bucharest</a>, Romania. The honeycomb-shaped structure is the result of a seven day workshop organized by <a title=" Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://tailab.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Tudor Cosmatu</a>, Irina Bogdan and Andrei Raducanu, with the help of renowned guest tutors Andrei Gheorge (Angewandte, Vienna), Alexander Kalachev (DIA, Dessau) and Bence Pap (<a title="Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://www.zaha-hadid.com/home" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid</a> Architects, London). 55 students learned the basic principles of <a title="Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://www.rethinking-architecture.com/introduction-parametric-design,354/" target="_blank">parametric design</a> and used them to plan and construct the surprising ephemeral installation.

The HEXigloo <a title="Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://inhabitat.com/cheap-cardboard-packaging-protects-one-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-olive-oils/" target="_blank">cardboard</a> pavilion features an organic repetitive pattern that mimics the cellular structure of honeycombs.

The pavilion is composed of 196 elements that span 14 rows and 14 columns.

The mapped <a title="Pop Up Cardboard HEXigloo In Bucharest Is Parametrically Designed by Computers and Made by People" href="http://inhabitat.com/colorful-hexagonal-wall-tiles-made-from-sound-absorbing-wood-wool/" target="_blank">hexagons</a> were extruded vertically to make a binding surface, and then the entire structure was reinforced to make it more rigid, stable and long-lasting.

The recyclable honeycomb cells are attached to each other using standard plastic fasteners.

The interior of the HEXigloo provides a welcoming, bright atmosphere, for young and not-so-young Bucharest residents to enjoy.

It tookseven days and nights of continuous work to create the structure.

The cardboard used for the ephemeral igloo is 6 mm thick, and it took approximately 2200 laser-cut linear meters of cardboard.

It took two teams of participants to assemble and erect the 3D structure within a span of 80 hours.

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