Archinect - News 2024-11-21T11:32:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150034219/omg-designs-primitive-hut-a-pavilion-that-will-decompose-over-time OMG! designs "Primitive Hut," a pavilion that will decompose over time NoƩmie Despland-Lichtert 2017-10-19T19:18:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/la/lamk0foorlxnaud9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In his&nbsp;<em>Essai sur l&rsquo;Architecture, </em>the 18th-century French architecture theorist Marc-Antoine Laugier developed the concept of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/94963342/what-s-wrong-with-the-primitive-hut-explores-architecture-s-origins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Primitive Hut</a>. Exploring the origins of architecture, Laugier described the primitive man as constructing a shelter to protect himself from nature. The iconic frontispiece of the second edition,&nbsp;by the artist, Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, made the book's argument clear. It shows an allegorical figure, representing architecture, pointing to the primitive hut, a new structural clarity found in nature.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nc/nc2fwiznlocvijq7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nc/nc2fwiznlocvijq7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p> <figcaption>Essai sur l'Architecture, frontispiece by Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen. Image via Wikipedia.</figcaption><figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uh/uhp3m4zz5ay1mhy9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uh/uhp3m4zz5ay1mhy9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Drawing by OMG!, inspired by Charles-Dominique Joseph Eisen's frontispiece.</figcaption></figure><p>Martin Miller from&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/antistatics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antistatics</a>&nbsp;and Caroline O&rsquo;Donnell from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/65696926/coda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CODA</a>&mdash;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150024663/material-misuse-a-small-studio-snapshot-of-nyc-based-coda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previously featured in our Small Studio Snapshot series</a>&mdash;partnered with one another as <a href="http://www.omg.design/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OMG!</a> to create their own&nbsp;<em>Primitive Hut.</em>&nbsp;Inspired by Marc-Antoine Laugier&rsquo;s&nbsp;work, the duo created a&nbsp;pavilion made of decomposing materials tha...</p></figure>