Make Architects creates aluminium origami kiosks for small-time vendors in London

The popularity of Japanese paper-folding art origami is going beyond paper to wrap aluminium in its wings creating three-dimensional novel objects for interior designing. The superior formability of aluminium is inspiring new-age designers to craft 3D structures unseen before from 2D metal sheets. Make Architects of the United Kingdom recently created aluminium origami kiosks for food vendors and holiday artisans who usually look for temporary, mobile structures in a festive setting to do business.

Prior to this, these small-scale vendors would use unappealing, noisy trucks or boxy shelters for carrying out their businesses on a temporary basis; but the Make team came up with a concept that not only added beauty to the outlets, event, and market but also helped increase visitors' footfall to a large extent. The clean lines of aluminium origami – both sophisticated and simple at the same time – took little time to catch the attention of general public and businesses alike in London.

The origami kiosks were made from aluminium and were based on real origami paper models that were used throughout the design process. The design team came up with a folding shell plan for kiosks that open like paper fans, with hinged aluminium panels that all radiate from a single point.

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Aluminium was chosen as the metal for the origami kiosks because of its light weight, high-barrier quality (ideally sought for food vending stalls), anti-rust properties, and recyclability. The fact that the aluminium kiosks are lightweight and portable makes them suitable for shifting from one location to another. Even if the kiosks are left at the venue, they would easily serve as public art pieces.

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