Pop Up Pop Down

For Christmas period I had to research and choose a theme and create a temporary flat pack structure for eating, shopping or celebrating and it has to be site specific.

I started the project by researching in Oxford Circus, one of the most decorated streets in London. It was very useful since there were a lot of Christmas pop up structures to inspire me, plus, this research provided the color and pattern information that I needed for my project.

After that, I started to research about some artists who did pop up structures such as Nils Volker and Hally Theacher. Plus, I started to experiment with some pop up pop down sketch models as well, it was quite difficult because I had to create an interesting structure but at the same time it has to be simple enough to be flat-packed easily. 

I haven't used any of my sketch models for my final model, but they were incredibly useful to understand the idea of flat-pack.
I got my final idea by visiting Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park: 'E Cube'. I saw the structure and I didn't like it much, so I wanted to change it. So my structure functions are 'the replacement' of E-Cube.

Front View

Bar View; Round Chairs

Intersection of Squares

Complete Bar view (Without the round chairs)

My final model is  a pub that can be built up through intersections of squares.  Since Christmas decorations were all around the site, I thought of creating a structure with simple exterior but a comfortable festive looking interior. 
The main problem I encountered during this project is the fragility: it has only the squares to support the whole structure, no glue, tape or strings. Therefore, the whole structure has to be managed with care.