Paper Brick House at Venice Biennale
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.19.08
Li Xinggang designed the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale entirely out of paper. According to Designboom, "the aim of the 'paper brick house' was to construct a paper house which is fully functional and allows people to
live, play, meet and continue on with other daily activities. the house is constructed from cardboard boxes which previously held drawing papers and behave much like 'bricks'. unused cylindrical shafts which were originally paper tubes, have been used to as structural support acting as beams, flooring and roofing."
"A raft of paper tubes on gravel-filled woven mesh bags, a typical shock absorbing structure which corresponds to the tradition of construction in Venice - a city floating above undersea layers of silt. The focus of the house is an internal courtyard which is a Chinese tradition, enhancing the building's connection to the street and neighboring infrastructure, acting as a public space, providing a resting place for visitors and others passing by to stop and rest."
But what happens when it rains? Much more at ::Designboom
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Then I guess Architecture is a series of tubes too!
;)
Simply cover it with a weather proof structure.