{"id":11962,"date":"2015-12-15T19:08:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T03:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11962"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:40","slug":"11962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=11962","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent1.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent1-142x80.jpg 142w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent1-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_third\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Architecture studio Kilo has pitched a traditional Moroccan camel and goat <span class=\"s2\">wool<\/span> tent in front of\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Jean Nouvel<\/span>&#8216;s Institut du Monde Arabe building in Paris.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The studio covered the large rectangular tent with over 650 square metres of camel and goat wool, woven into long\u00a0strips\u00a0by members of a female cooperative in the Sahara Desert. The texture and curving form\u00a0contrasts against the smooth facade, which is patterned with geometric designs typically\u00a0used in Arabic architecture and on tiles.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Beneath the woollen ceiling, the museum has attempted\u00a0to recreate a souk-like atmosphere where works by Moroccan designers and craftspeople are\u00a0displayed and sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The rhythm and scale of the tent\u2019s silhouette renders a topographic dimension to the structure, which pays homage to the nomadic traditions of southern Morocco,&#8221; said the architects.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">(<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #339966;\" title=\"House of Shifting Sands\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2014\/12\/10\/kilo-camel-hair-tent-jean-nouvel-institut-du-monde-arabe-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/yusuke-asai-waf-1.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11962 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;Giant\u00a0Camel-Hair Tent&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent3-142x80.jpg 142w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tent3-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The rhythm and scale of the tent\u2019s silhouette renders a topographic dimension to the structure, which pays homage to the nomadic traditions of southern Morocco.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18276,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962\/revisions\/18276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}