Designed as a portable and easily erectable desert dwelling, [hang]out uses every part of its components to provide shelter and a resting/storage space to make camping in the desert while working on artwork for the Bombay Beach Biennale a more comfortable experience. The canopy, which is anchored into the ground, is self-structural in its pre-made assembly pattern. The entire dwelling is constructed using commonly available objects, addressing affordability as well as ease of construction.
The entire setup is contained in a single vessel, which, at the end of the process, is used for storage and as a sleeping surface. For this particular pattern, the container includes 444 wire clothes hangers (stored on a single rod in the middle of the box), 444 zip ties to attach them to each other, and 148 pre-sown pieces of fabric equipped with zippers for ease and speed of assembly. Tension rods are threaded through the clothes hangers hooks in order to strengthen the entire structure, just before being anchored into the ground, allowing it to work on uneven surfaces.
By taking advantage of the structural integrity provided by the triangular form of clothes hangers, each unit can be coupled with others in a variety of ways to produce an unlimited number of forms.
