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Polycarbonate Huts on Elevated Decking for Community Food Experience

Authors:
William Bargerhuff, Patrick Kotowski
Polycarbonate Huts on Elevated Decking for Community Food Experience

Project in-detail

Constructed from polycarbonate and timber, the elevated huts create a dynamic food court environment that encourages community interaction while minimizing disruption to the existing landscape.
5 key facts about this project
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Constructed with polycarbonate sheets for improved light transmission.
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Raised on a 1m high decking to minimize site disruption.
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Integrates naturally with existing trees to preserve the environment.
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Features flexible wooden stud walls for customizable vendor spaces.
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Includes secure folding doors for enhanced vendor safety.

The Sansusi Music Festival Food Court is a well-planned structure situated in a lively outdoor space, designed to enhance the festival experience for visitors and vendors alike. It consists of three catering huts raised on a 1m high deck, which allows for a practical use of space while ensuring minimal impact on the natural surroundings. The design focuses on creating an inviting atmosphere that encourages social interaction among festival-goers while offering convenient access to a variety of food options.

Layout and Flow
The arrangement of the food court encourages easy movement through the area, with pathways that guide attendees naturally. The three huts create a semi-enclosed space, forming a cozy area where people can gather and interact. This layout maximizes visibility for each vendor, ensuring that all offerings are easily found. The design considers how people move and interact, leading to a user-friendly environment that enhances the overall festival experience.

Materiality and Structure
The design incorporates polycarbonate sheets to provide transparency and lightness to the huts. This choice of material is practical, as it requires little maintenance, allowing the structure to remain functional throughout the festival and beyond. The use of thick timber beams and columns gives stability to the huts while contributing to their warm aesthetic. Each hut features wooden stud walls that offer the flexibility for vendors to personalize their spaces with shelving, signage, or decorations.

Security Features
To address the need for safety, the huts are built with folding wooden doors that include locking mechanisms. This feature ensures that vendors can securely store their supplies when the food court is not in use. By prioritizing these security details, the design helps create a practical solution for the busy environment of a festival, providing both convenience and safety.

The design focuses on preserving the natural surroundings while establishing a modern catering area. Each hut contributes to the overall experience by inviting interaction and creating a vibrant space for social engagement, with the design elements working together to enhance the festive atmosphere.

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MICROHOME 10: Celebrating Small-Scale Living with €100,000 Prize Fund and Kingspan’s Innovation

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Competition organisers

The MICROHOME 10 competition invites participants to submit visionary designs for off-grid, modular microhomes that push the limits of sustainable, small-scale living. Organised by Buildner in partnership with Kingspan and Hapi Homes, this tenth edition sets the challenge of designing a dwelling for two people within a maximum floor area of 25 m², encouraging bold solutions adaptable to any urban or rural location. The competition continues Buildner’s mission to foster innovative approaches to compact, energy-efficient housing that can address pressing global challenges.

This year’s edition offers a generous total prize fund of €100,000, including the Kingspan Award for designs that integrate high-performance Kingspan products and the Hapi Homes Award for a project selected for real-world construction. In addition to cash prizes, the winners gain international exposure through Buildner’s media partnerships, publications, and a dedicated MICROHOME magazine, further amplifying their ideas to the wider architectural community.

Key dates for MICROHOME 10 include the closing date for registration on 25 September 2025, the submission deadline on 29 October 2025 (11:59 p.m. London time), and the announcement of winners on 9 December 2025. These milestones ensure participants have clear timelines to develop and present their concepts, with early registration discounts available to support students and emerging designers worldwide.

MICROHOME

Design a new small-scale home concept in the 10th edition of MICROHOME — 100,000 € prize + construction

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Prize 100,000 € + Potential realisation
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 25 September 2025

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