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Pape Info Point Arch



Competition results:

Shortlisted Role in project:

Lead researcher and
Graphic designer Designed in:

Eindhoven,
The Netherlands




Choss, the mobile Pape Nature Park info point, presents itself as an object embedding the nature park's strides not only to vitalize itself, but also to fight back challenges, that have been pressed on to the wild sanctuary by it's outer region.It's design is easily deconstructable, and adjustable - as per the application guidelines of Buildner “Pape info point” open call, which the project was submitted to.


Research:

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Latest available research done by the environmental institute of Latvia, presented key environmentally destructive processes happening around the region.

Thus, Choss is representing the ways pape is trying to reverse the damage done to the region.Within the Park's territory it's keepers and local farmers are drying cautiously sourced reeds, stacked in a certain angle and forming a cone like shape. Choss' innner shape represents this technique.

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Choss also heavely emphasizes on the large bird watching opportunities within the park, taking the Pape Ornithology Station as a prime inspiration point behind hanging in the inner sail within the exoskeleton, as it's done with the large bird watching net, in the Park's territory.The sails themselves will be recycled from the nearby ship ports, as many of them offer up this fabric for low cost and the material is durable.


Construction:



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The skylight
Amber colored translucent film, 3mm thick. Attached by the "hook and line" system.
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The Light
Sticks used to attatch the light. Attached to the exoskeleton by friction in the depressed areas in the joints.

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The netting
Attatches to the exoskeleton with the "hook and line" system. Repurposed fishing sails. Border is sail material.
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Exoskeleton 
Three ground contact points, 6 poles connected by 3D printed joints. Each pole has a cut out, so they fit into each other.

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Flysheet
3x3 part patttern, made from repurposed sails that are 3mm thick. Three fixed desk openings, one roof opening.

Attatches to the exosekeleton with the, "hook and line" system.
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Subframe
Consisting of three desk-lockers made of plywood, each with a 50m3 locker, with individual locks











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