Studio Inclume has designed Tetra, a small, playful, interactive and mobile boat that creates a sense of escape, intrigue, and wonders. The studio’s goal was to cross a small stretch of water on a self-built ship using recycled materials.
Tetra acts partly as a shelter, but it is also a relaxing platform that when thrown into the water creates a sense of escape. Anyone can sit back and relax while lightly transported by the water. You can also use the oars, which can be used to change direction and move the raft if necessary.

Designed with a modular design based on custom-made tetrahedrons, the components are all recycled, mainly made of origami paper threaded onto a bamboo structure resting on a wooden platform. The project blends the boundaries between art and architecture, redefining a traditional floating bridge in a fun and elegant way.

The Inclume studio wanted to design a pleasure boat, “we wanted to convey a sense of movement and we felt that the complexity mixed with a delineated form would help to allude to depth, transparency and empty space; just like the body of water on which it stands”.

Tetra is an innovative project but with an eye to sustainability. The wooden deck consists of recycled pallets that have been crushed, cut to size and attached to a wooden frame created by a local carpenter. The canopy frame and internal structure make use of unwanted garden bamboo canes, while the core substructure is made of wire woven with recycled paper. The oars were recovered from a local nautical club that was about to throw them out, in fact, they had to refurbish them.