Hystrix Fort

A 2 × 2 × 2 m pod for the Malayan porcupine enclosure at Zoo Negara. It reuses the enclosure's existing low wall and its little-used peeking windows. The design keyword is defensive: sharp triangles and prisms recall raised quills, and a circular arrangement of spines, taken from the porcupine's round body, wraps the interior like a shield. A lower platform lets visitors sit cross-legged at the peeking window, an upper platform looks down into the enclosure, and a triangulated ramp links the two as a playful climb. Early folded-triangle concepts evolved into interlocking diagonal prisms.