Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Shim Sukkah.

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2nd prize 2011 North America presentation for "Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA" (l-r): Member of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, Alexander Biner, and winners Stephanie Gunawan, David Getty, and Matthew Jacobs, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Entry.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Cedar shingle.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Foundation.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Assembling walls.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Door/roof detail.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Manipulating walls.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Corner detail.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Roof detail.

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    Project entry 2011 - Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components, Providence, RI, USA: Team image.

  • Next generation Next Generation 2nd prize 2011–2012 North America

This small construction project explores the reintroduction of the ancient phenomenon of “Sukkahs”, temporary structures, biblical in origin, used for one week as a dwelling during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The basic principles of the small structure as a not fully enclosing hut are taken up in the Shim Sukkah as a wooden structure relying on one material and construction element – prefabricated stacks of cedar shims.

By David Getty - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA and

Ideas: Circular Design, Circular Materials & Building Components

This small construction project explores the reintroduction of the ancient phenomenon of “Sukkahs”, temporary structures, biblical in origin, ostensibly used for one week as a dwelling during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

The basic principles of the small structure as an ephemeral, translucent and not fully enclosing hut are taken up in the Shim Sukkah as a wooden structure relying on one material and construction element – prefabricated stacks of cedar shims.

Temporary festival structure using recyclable building components

Project authors

  • David Getty

    Rhode Island School of Design

    USA

  • Stephanie Gunawan

    Rhode Island School of Design

    USA

  • Matthew Jacobs

    Rhode Island School of Design

    USA

Project updates

October 20, 2011 | Holcim Foundation Awards 2011 | Washington, DC, USA

People-focused designs at the heart of sustainable construction

The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from North America have been announced. A total of USD 300,000 was presented to ten diverse and innovative projects from Canada and the USA at a ceremony in Washington, DC. The winning projects show how greater levels of sustainability can be reached in building and construction through people-focused designs that include simple adaptation, innovative materials, and clever architecture.
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July 15, 2011 | Regional Jury Report – North America | Miami, FL, USA

“Sustainable construction in microcosm and as a theoretical object” – Holcim Awards Jury

The jury commended the project for the immediate concept of the built structure, but moreover for the fundamental research on the complexity of processes, focusing on the construction and its effects, the relation of material, light and thermal effects. Many principles of sustainable construction are directly or indirectly selected as subject or applied, yet in microcosm and as a theoretical object. The research has been transferred into an object of stunning aesthetic quality and shows great sensibility for its construction material.

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March 31, 2011 | Project Entry & Details | Providence, RI, USA

Project Entry 2011 for Region North America

This small construction project explores the reintroduction of the ancient phenomenon of “Sukkahs”, temporary structures, biblical in origin, ostensibly used for one week as a dwelling during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The basic principles of the small structure as an ephemeral, translucent and not fully enclosing hut are taken up in the Shim Sukkah as a wooden structure relying on one material and construction element – prefabricated stacks of cedar shims. Uniquely, this secondary construction material, commonly used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects, becomes the main feature of the construction, providing the needed shelter and capacity for rather easy dismantling and reconstruction.

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Providence, RI, USA