Installed at Cranbrook Academy of Art's Maija Grotell Courtyard, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, November 2006 - June 2007

       shell materials:  pvc siding, polypropylene fluted sheeting, engineered timber, polycarbonate structured sheeting, foil-foam-foil insulation
                              plywood, polyethylene sheeting, a whole lot of screws
                      
    interior materials:  plastic laminate flooring, concrete firepit, carpet tiles, hardboard panels, polypropylene fluted sheeting

            dimensions:  18' diameter x 16' tall

             the idea:  take the fused nomadic home designs of the yurt, tipi, and igloo and 
                              slip the straitjacket of suburban values, materials, and methods of construction over them  

            
             want a suburban tipi or something like it?   drop me a line at john [at] johnnyp.org