# Hive by Studio Gang

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2017-07-12

architect, architecture, design, hive, installation, jeanne-gang, national-museum, studio-gang, studio-gang-architects, uncategorized

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As part of the National Building Museum’s Summer Block Party, [Studio Gang](http://studiogang.com/now/studio-gang-announces-hive-installation-at-the-national-building-museum) created an installation in the Great Hall called [Hive](https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/hive/). See above picture. Note the human for scale. 

Hive is an interactive series of spaces built exclusively out of lightweight and recyclable paper tubes – apparently 2,700 of them. The tubes have a polished silver exterior and bright magenta interior (love that part), and vary in size from several inches to over 10 feet. They are notched together to create a self-supporting structure.

The installation is beautiful in its own right – especially against the museum’s 19th century interior – but the idea is that each “sound chamber” within the Hive has different acoustic properties. The small chambers create a more intimate setting. And the main chamber is more grand and public. Think group yoga class or concert.

For more photos of Hive, [click here](http://www.designboom.com/art/studio-gang-hive-national-building-museum-07-10-2017/). Below is also a time-lapse of the Hive’s construction. If you can’t see it, [click here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJV7m0JOF0). (Don’t worry about turning on your sound.)

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_Image:_ [_Tim Schenck_](http://www.designboom.com/art/studio-gang-hive-national-building-museum-07-10-2017/)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/hive-by-studio-gang)*