The bicycle canopy was the second project by CO+Lab a construction+collaboration laboratory who sought to make small construction interventions to improve underutilized spaces around the Meyerson Hall, home of PennDesign at the University of Pennsylvania.
There was a need for covered bicycle storage around the PennDesign buliding. The canopy was designed through numerous full-scale prototypes and meant to attach directly to standard bicycle racks found all across campus. The simple material pallet [steel and fabric] made the canopy structures easy to reproduce. Their undulating hyparbolic forms made them functional and pleasant to look at.
CO+LAB Bike Canopy from Barrett Doherty on Vimeo.
There was a need for covered bicycle storage around the PennDesign buliding. The canopy was designed through numerous full-scale prototypes and meant to attach directly to standard bicycle racks found all across campus. The simple material pallet [steel and fabric] made the canopy structures easy to reproduce. Their undulating hyparbolic forms made them functional and pleasant to look at.
CO+LAB Bike Canopy from Barrett Doherty on Vimeo.
Tactical Entry Installation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Philadelphia, PA
2013
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Philadelphia, PA
2013
Design and Construction:
Project Designers:
Cricket Day, Jonathan Dessi-Olive, and Alyssa Olson
Build Team:
Alyssa Olson, Frederick Cricket Day, Jonathan Dessi-Olive, Lindsay Rule, Josh Berliner, Adam Achrati, Ryan Koella, Olivia Tarricone
Project Designers:
Cricket Day, Jonathan Dessi-Olive, and Alyssa Olson
Build Team:
Alyssa Olson, Frederick Cricket Day, Jonathan Dessi-Olive, Lindsay Rule, Josh Berliner, Adam Achrati, Ryan Koella, Olivia Tarricone
special thanks to the helpful ones in the penndesign fabrication lab
Other Projects: