Budding Italian architecture firm ArchiWorkshop has designed a series of tents that take the “roughing it” out of camping. Entitled “Glamping for Glampers,” the tents are located in a secluded campsite in Yang-Pyeong, South Korea, and cater to the latest glamorous camping trend. They provide people with a way to camp that doesn’t require forgoing all civilized amenities: toilets, kitchen facilities, sofas, and the like. The tents are shaped like worms and donuts, and are crafted from a special fabric membrane that was engineered to filter UV rays and be fire and water resistant. The membrane is layered and stretched around steel frames to create a half-cylindrical living space. The openings of the tents have glazed entrances that allow natural light to filter in. The architects also designed custom furniture for the tents – tables and sofas – and commissioned a Korean artist to hand paint the walls that partition the separate rooms.
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[via Dezeen]
