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hunogigi Pop-Up Pavilions

Inflatable-Tube Canopies on a Riverside Promenade

Context: Flip Studio — Professional Project
Role: Intermediate Architect — End-to-End Design & Delivery
Year: 2025
Practice: DESIGN
Location: Riverside retail promenade, China
Status: COMPLETED

The two hunogigi pavilions glowing at dusk with visitors gathering on the promenade

Overview

A pair of pop-up pavilions for the food brand hunogigi (谷良吉吉) on a riverside retail promenade, completed in May 2025. Bundles of white inflatable tubes are laid over a light timber-steel frame to form each roof canopy, and the same tubes crown flower-like columns at the plaza edge; brand-yellow kiosk modules below hold the counter, menu and displays. After dusk the canopies glow like lanterns along the waterfront. Completion photography and the drone films were shot by the architect.

Drone view of the pavilion pair at dusk along the riverfront

Top-down night drone view of the two glowing canopies

Night drone view of the pavilions on the retail street

Daytime view of the pavilion pair on the plaza

Side view of the timber kiosks under the white tube canopy

Flower-like tube columns with the strawberry display

Daytime elevation of the continuous tube canopy

Front view with hunogigi signage and yellow kiosk modules

The canopy beginning to glow at blue hour

Dusk view in front of the neighbouring restaurant

Visitors queueing under the glowing canopy at dusk

Close view of the illuminated tube roof at dusk

Wide dusk view of both pavilions on the promenade

A single glowing pavilion against the night plaza

Responsibilities

Design of the pavilion pair and the demountable inflatable-tube canopy system
On-site installation coordination
Completion documentation — stills and DJI drone films (day, dusk and night)

Methodology

Repetitive inflatable tubes as a lightweight, demountable roof membrane over a timber-steel frame
Modular kiosk units in brand yellow for counter, menu and product display