"Bluetube Bar", designed by portuguese studio dose (António Martins, Carlos Foyedo, and Luís Grilo, Recent graduates of Oporto University), utilizes the low-cost materials and simple construction techniques of the designers' 'tube-it' system to create a temporary outdoor bar.

The project was designed for the "Queima das fitas do Porto" academic festival. Charged with the constraints of a 3-meter square area and 5-meter height, dose rolled corrugated plastic tubing in a helicoid pattern around a basic structural frame. each layer was secured together with plastic clamps.

The nature of the material offers interesting lighting effects during night hours when illuminated from within.

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Published on: December 14, 2011
Cite: "Bluetube Bar by DOSE" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/bluetube-bar-dose> ISSN 1139-6415
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