MRG TENT

BY CHAD OPPENHEIM

MRG TENT

BY CHAD OPPENHEIM

MRG TENT

BY CHAD OPPENHEIM

MRG TENT

BY CHAD OPPENHEIM

MRG TENT

BY CHAD OPPENHEIM

MRG is inspired by the primal need of establishing shelter from the elements. Informed by ancient building traditions around the world, MRG balances the desire for refuge with the notion that our surroundings are a critical part of who we are. MRG’s muted stature, flowing parabolic shape, and natural palette of earth tones camouflages the form within its terrain, and its modular flexibility naturally encourages our intended desire not only to address basic human necessity but to also provide the best possible medium from which to connect one’s surroundings.

MRG offers simplicity of form, function and fabrication, increasing the level of ease for users wherever their adventures take them. Modular components containing large open volumes also create a versatile, scalable product that can involve a single module or be expanded to as many modules as one’s spatial needs require. Large enclosed modules and covered open-air modules, each scaled appropriately for their intended function, can be adapted to any number of uses and situated in various arrangements. When arranged in a crescent shape, a natural, intimate, exterior, communal space occurs, which is ideal for sharing experiences. Materials were selected for their environmental sensitivity, durability across various conditions, and resonance with a vernacular and color palette that spans many landscapes. The seamless conformity of interior and exterior materiality further supports a constant dialogue between man and nature.

MRG, conceived by OPPENHEIM ARCHITECTURE in collaboration with CHIL, represents Chad Oppenheim’s pursuit to blur the lines between indoor and outdoor living. Like all of Oppenheim’s work, this mobile home is based on both a physical and spiritual contextual sensitivity and designed with an elegant simplicity that seeks to frame nature. This enables the architecture to become one with the landscape and enhance the way in which inhabitants experience their environment.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Chad Oppenheim is a Miami-based architect whose work has been praised for its ability to transform the prosaic into the poetic. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, Oppenheim creates monumental yet silent architecture that elicits a site’s inherent power.