Outdoor shelter
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about outdoor shelter
Project • By BCW Collective • Cultural Centres
Bivacco Brédy
Bivacco Bredy is the winning proposal from an invited competition organized by YACademy and Cantieri d’Alta Quota on behalf of the Brédy family. Developed by BCW Collective, the design is a specific solution for a high altitude site in the Italian region of Valle d’Aosta, near the Laghi di Dzioule, two small alpine lakes at 2500m elevation in the secluded Vertosan Valley.
The competition sought detailed designs of a bivouac to celebrate the memory of Claudio Brédy, a well-known politician and alpinist from Valle d’Aosta who tragically lost his life in a climbing accident at the end of 2017.
Inspiration from the life of Claudio Brèdy and the mountains he was so passionate about motivated the memorial architecture quality... More
Project • By Skylab Architecture • Parks/Gardens
Luuwit View Park
Skylab Architecture alongside 2.ink Studio, worked in close collaboration with Portland Parks to create a 16-acre park in a neighborhood of NE Portland. The design team developed the park around an integrated strategy that creates both passive native meadow areas that require limited maintenance as well as intensively used spaces that provide active program elements for park users. The neighborhood is home to many longstanding residences as well as an increasingly diverse range of new incoming ethnic groups. The park’s program elements were developed in coordination with area residents through a series of public open houses and ongoing meetings with the project’s Design Advisory Group. The park’s development in... More
Product • By H-B Designs Ltd • WOODY
WOODY Shelters & structures
A clever hybrid construction small building system that can be configured to fit almost every space. This shelter is constructed of timber and galvanized steel with either open sides and ends or it can be specified as fully enclosed. More