ulf mejergren architects (UMA) news https://www.designboom.com/tag/ulf-mejergren-architects/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:47:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 leaves scatter around island tree nest for third season of art series by UMA + antti laitinen https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergren-architects-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-season-iii-11-09-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergren-architects-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-season-iii-11-09-2022/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 03:05:33 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=942624

ulf mejergren architects and artist antti laitinen collaborate again on the ‘one tree four seasons’ series for its third seasonal installation.

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UMA + antti laitinen convert tree into primitive concert space in sweden https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergren-architects-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-season-ii-sweden-09-08-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergren-architects-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-season-ii-sweden-09-08-2022/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:55:02 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=926712

the duo collected hay from the surrounding field to create a floor and seating space inside the tree. once completed, a local string quartet was invited to play.

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a giant nest encircles a solitary tree for the first in four part seasonal art series https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergeren-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-series-05-01-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/ulf-mejergeren-antti-laitinen-one-tree-four-seasons-series-05-01-2022/#respond Sun, 01 May 2022 14:25:00 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=895672

created by ulf mejergeren in collaboration with finnish artist antti laitinen, 'one tree four seasons' will follow one tree as it changes through the seasons.

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UMA creates hut out of thousands of gingerbread cookies just in time for christmas https://www.designboom.com/architecture/uma-hut-gingerbread-cookies-christmas-12-16-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/uma-hut-gingerbread-cookies-christmas-12-16-2021/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:55:53 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=861440

the gingerbread hut experienced its collapse when local animals discovered that it could be eaten.

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this leaf hut by UMA reflects on the fleeting beauty of life https://www.designboom.com/architecture/leaf-hut-reflects-beauty-ephemeral-life-ulf-mejergren-architects-11-17-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/leaf-hut-reflects-beauty-ephemeral-life-ulf-mejergren-architects-11-17-2021/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:00:38 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=853140

the architects utilize leaves, capturing the vibrant fall colors and marking the end of the season.

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ulf mejergren architects creates edible ‘mushroom hut’ for autumn https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-mushroom-hut-10-05-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-mushroom-hut-10-05-2021/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:25:18 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=840370

the swedish studio continues its primitive hut series with a dome-shaped structure covered in hundreds of fantastic fungi.

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building with nature: the primitive hut https://www.designboom.com/architecture/uma-the-spruce-hut-sweden-09-12-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/uma-the-spruce-hut-sweden-09-12-2021/#respond Sun, 12 Sep 2021 14:15:43 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=832660

UMA built a hut in the middle of a swedish forest that is cut out from three of the most common trees in sweden: the spruce tree.

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ulf mejergren architects assembles thousands of spruce cones into primitive hut in sweden https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-thousands-spruce-cones-primitive-hut-sweden-05-27-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-thousands-spruce-cones-primitive-hut-sweden-05-27-2021/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 09:40:41 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=805674

the cigar-like shape of the cones, and with their built-in mechanics which allow them to open and close, encouraged the architects to pick them for their new construction.

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UMA installs a spectacular fire-like lighting system in a swedish forest https://www.designboom.com/architecture/fire-house-in-sweden-by-uma-04-26-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/fire-house-in-sweden-by-uma-04-26-2021/#respond Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:40:06 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=794718

UMA found fuse beads to be the perfect material for this lighting system they installed on an outhouse in the heart of a forest.

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4000 snowballs build ulf mejergren architects’ glowing cone-shaped hut in stockholm https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-hut-from-4000-snowballs-stockholm-03-28-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ulf-mejergren-architects-hut-from-4000-snowballs-stockholm-03-28-2021/#respond Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:15:30 +0000 UMA https://www.designboom.com/?p=784129

the snowball hut marks the first of the studio's 'primitive huts' series, where the team will be creating simple structures using one material only.

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