Dutch architecture studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a temporary structural dome made of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. The Bucky Bar, named in reference to Buckminster Fuller‘s geodesic domes, was a fully-equipped bar complete with DJ and drinks, attracting over 300 partygoers until the police dissolved them at 2am.
The Bucky Bar Manifesto:
“Coming down with the Dow Jones, When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella () under an umbrella.. ella ella
Jay-Z -and Rihanna get it straight, in times of crisis, we need to find shelter. The umbrella is the simplest form of shelter, a personal, private, and dry space in a soggy world. If one umbrella is a private space, what happens when we join 10 together, or 100?
Buckminster Fuller showed us how minimal energy domes could open a way to a more environmentally sustainable future, could an umbrella dome lead the way to a more socially sustainable future? The Bucky Bar is a full-scale model of such a future. A spontaneous public building made from the most common of materials, assembled with the resourcefulness of skill of architects. It shows the power of space for spontaneous gathering, for improvised shelters to host conversations, debates, games or even parties.
via dezeen
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GREAT
Truly fantastic:)Bravo