# SELF-CONSTRUCTION /// Ice as a building material



The pretty cold weather in Paris made me think about igloo building! (sadly it's not possible there...)
Building an igloo is a very interesting concept of using one material, the ice, and building a close space without any transformation of the material, any nails or glue, just ice!

This free material had already inspired some architects that desiged some cool pavillion for the Snow Show. I supposed that they were not part of the building team (if that ever happened) !






Tadao Ando @ the snow show

Zaha Hadid @the Snow show

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