Open Facade Strategy: The Hungry Caterpillar Food Street by Lyth Design

The Hungry Caterpillar food street explores an open facade system where a bamboo gridshell canopy defines space while filtering light and air across an outdoor public setting. At Ashoka University, the Hungry Caterpillar food street is defined by a facade that departs from the conventional vertical edge of a building. Designed by architect Apoorva Shroff of Lyth Design, the project uses a bamboo gridshell canopy as its primary architectural device, functioning as environmental infrastructure regulating light, shade, and airflow across the food street.The core facade idea translates a cocoon-inspired concept into a structural shading system. Drawing from organic geometries of […]