Project:  K-abeilles Hotel for Bees

Architect:  AtelierD

Location:  Muttersholtz, France

This incredible multi-use pavilion provides shelter from the summer sun to visitors — and to wild bees. Often overlooked because of the fanfare surrounding their domesticated cousins, wild bees are integral to pollination worldwide. The pavilion presents two facades composed of hexagonal panels, each fit with a volume of different burrowing materials preferred by solitary native bees from densely packed tree branches to hollow bricks. The interior of the pavilion accommodates human occupation, complete with benches and storage cubbies built from the same hexagonal logic as the insect compartments outside.

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Photos: Stéphane Spach Photographe

by Peter Levins

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tagged Bees, cabin, Eco-Design, hexagon, Honey Bees, Honeycomb, landscape architecture, Muttersholtz, pavilion, pop-up, sustainability

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