These tents shaped like worms and doughnuts were designed by young studio ArchiWorkshop for a remote campsite in Yang-Pyeong, South Korea (+ slideshow).
Entitled Glamping for Glampers, the tents are named after the growing trend for "glamorous campsites" where visitors can sleep in tents but don't have to go without domestic amenities including toilets and kitchen facilities.
ArchiWorkshop designed two types of tent for the rural site, which is surrounded by mountains. The first has a long curving form that can be extended, while the second has a hollow circular plan designed to reference the shapes of pebbles.
The skins of the Glamping tents are made from an engineered fabric membrane that shields the interior from UV rays and is both waterproof and fire-resistant.
Two layers of the membrane are stretched around steel frames to give the structures their curved shapes. Each one also has a glazed entrance to allow some daylight inside.
The architects designed custom sofa beds for the inside of the tents and a Korean artist has painted a series of partition walls that screen toilets at the rear.
Photography is by June Young Lim.
Here's a project description from Archi Workshop:
Glamping in Korea
Glamping Architecture by ArchiWorkshop offers a unique camping experience. Two types of Glamping units with contemporary design positioned in the middle of gentle Korean nature. From the Glamping site, you have a view of the valley, miles of forest and the stream.
Concept
Why not create a Glamping that gives people a chance to experience nature closer, while also providing a uniquely designed architecture experience? These questions led to the creation of Glamping Architecture in Korea - a place where nature, ecological values, comfort and modern design are combined for an exciting adventure.
We developed two types of Glamping units. Stacking Doughnut unit is inspired from pebble stones. And Modular Flow unit is designed for extendable structure by juxtaposing modular floor panels.
These ideas behind stacking donut unit and modular flow unit are to offer high-standard accommodation in various places. We named them sea, dessert, creek, mountain, cave, forest, river and city.
Materials
Glamping unit uses quality membrane which has characters to UV protection, water-proof, fire resistant. Double layered skins provide better resistance against extreme Korean four-season weather condition.
For the complex geometry of the outer skin, computer animated surface plans are plotted with 2D cutters and welded with a high frequency technique, which gives absolute water tightness. The shape and the position of the structures are carefully considered to give aesthetic emergence during both day and night time.
Interior
Each Glamping unit has toilet booth with art wall finish, which is painted by young Korean artist. The furniture is also designed by ArchiWorkshop which suits well in the limited inner area. The folding furniture becomes sitting sofa during the day and sleeping bed at night.
Architect: ArchiWorkshop.kr (Hee-Jun Sim, Su-Jeong Park)
Client: Glampers