This installation was designed and built by our studio as a part of Garden of Lanterns, a one-night event envisioned by Bronwyn Minton and put on by Jackson Hole Public Art. This project is the latest in a series of public art projects that we have worked on with Jackson Hole Public Art over the years– many of which predate our opening the doors of Untitled Architecture.

 

Continuing our "architectural" approach to art, our lantern is a habitable, 15-foot tall wood and fabric construction that takes formal cues from early airships and indigenous tipis and utilizes boat-building methods to create a curved structure. We steam-bent red oak ribs around CNC-cut OSB forms and connected them with slender strips cut from standard 2x6 lumber. The wood frame is wrapped in Polytab fabric. Once assembled, we removed the OSB forms leaving us with a lightweight but sturdy construct.

 

We were happy to see it had particularly strong engagement from the younger attendees of the event– being one of the few lanterns you could go inside. Throughout the event, a continuous cycle of kids flowed in and out of the lantern. 

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Architect: Untitled Architecture

Event Creator: Bronwyn Minton via Jackson Hole Public Art 

Photography: Xander Rapparport