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Sukkahville Competition Entry

“The design competition challenged entrants to re-imagine the Sukkah, a temporary structure built during the Jewish festival of Sukkot to commemorate the 40 years that Jews spent wandering the desert.  Proposing an innovative Sukkah design which balanced the dichotomies of new/old, open/closed, temporary/permanent was the challenge inherent in this competition.”

This Sukkah design takes on these challenges by being simultaneously interior and exterior, open and closed. A surface made of bamboo arches creates wall and roof, twisting onto itself to enclose spaces both inside and outside. Benches push through the textile-like walls on both sides. The construction is simple and sustainable: 13 bamboo poles of equal length are bent into arches of varied height and width, held in tension through pockets in the base plinth. Secondary members brace the structure laterally and create shading.

Location – New York, USA
Typology – Research and Design
Client – Kehilla Residential Program
Status – Competition 2013
Services – Research and Design 
Collaborator – Benjamin Sachs