Outdoor dining design guidelines, NYC Department of Transportation, 2021
Gottfried Semper, roof, detail, and plan of “Caribe Hut”, 1851. Tectonically the tent contains the allegory of architecture’s origins.
Early tests: leaky mixing bags, semi-reusable soft formwork, sorta sturdy columns
Inspired by the new street uses that emerged during the pandemic, Poly Pockets is a set of modifications made to generic tent materials to expand what the street tent can host and what is legally permitted and culturally desired within the street. A roll of poly sheeting is subdivided and sewn into identical pockets that take on versatile roles when stuffed with whatever is on hand and then bolted together into various formats: raver tent, seesaw, playpen, pyramid, tripod, lean-to, changing booth, hanging rack, beacon, shade canopy, storage unit…
2023
Exhibited at the Goethe Institut
Boston, MA
TEAM
Strat Coffman + Aaron Powers
Ellie Ervin (fabrication)
Sabrina Ramsay (fabrication)