1. ArchDaily
  2. Tent Pile

Tent Pile: The Latest Architecture and News

Formlessfinder's "Tent Pile" a Hit at Design Miami/

Formlessfinder's "Tent Pile" a Hit at Design Miami/ - Cultural Architecture
© James Harris

From the architects. Formlessfinder’s Tent Pile brings an intensely architectural intervention to Design Miami/, inventing a new building typology to provide shade, seating, cool air, and a space to play for the city’s public. The design practice, co-founded by Julian Rose and Garrett Ricciardi in 2010, approaches new projects with an interest in the specifics of geography — closely examining the spatial, social, and physical conditions of the location with which their structure will interact. They prioritize the use of available materials, committing to deploy them in ways that allow for reuse, an approach that produces what they refer to as “an architecture that can go from nothing to something and back again.”

Learn more after the break...