“House” Made From Umbrellas

May 30, 2008 / 1 Comment

Umbrella House

Though they have their reasons, I can’t figure out why they’ve built such a big umbrella “house”. The project uses modified umbrellas and was put up by Kengo Kuma who did it for the Milan Triennale Museum of design.

Umbrella House

The umbrellas are zipped together along their outer edges to form the modular shape you can see in the pictures, and each of them have two extra flaps hanging from the central segment which are used for different compositions. The Umbrella House has a kitchen area, a sleeping mat if you need a power nap and should be great for on-campus gatherings, don’t you think?

Umbrella House - kitchen

Umbrella House
Umbrella House - gathering

via DesignBoom


One Response

  • Ann Hanks / June 5, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Now that is just silly!

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