OCTOPUS Event Tent
Date
Original implementation: 2003
Location
Sziget Festival, octopus all artistic site – Budapest
Size
Tent – internal area: 157m2
Tent – maximum height: 6.20 m
Tent – perimeter: 45.60 m
Tent – height of perimeter: 2.70m
Tent – length of one side: 5.70 m
Stage area: 24m2
Stage height: 0.60 m
Height of technical bridge above walking level: 5.40 m
Canvas area: 350m2
Materials
Bamboo poles, bearings, canvas covering, OSB covering on beam bearings
Client
Sziget Kulturális Rendezvényiroda Kft.
Staff
Design: Tóbiás Terebessy, András Gross, Gergő Magyar
Contributor: Bence Buczkó
Short description
Octopus tent receives mostly cultural events, literary presentations, classical music concerts, and music events. The maximum capacity for the audience is of 200 persons.
Detailed description
Beyond aesthetic appearance and static stability, main aspects concerning the design of the structure of the whole scene were easy montability, fast construction and disassembility, and mobility. As most important materials bamboo poles braced with steel joints, fir girderage, OSB covering, PE and PTP canvases were used.