Gazebo with recycled utility poles

According to the North Pacific Group, there are approximately 150 million wood poles in service throughout the United States with an additional six million new poles added annually. Approximately three percent of treated wood poles are retired from service each year. (North Pacific Group, 2005).  The total number of annual retired utility poles would be 4.5 million.  Most of the poles are discarded since they were chemically treated for its purpose.  It’s not economical to detoxify the treated pole to make them reused.  However, new recycling process has been  developed recently and it could be used as building material.

There are two characters of recycled utility pole; Height and Texture.
The utility poles are tall.  Average height of poles is 30 feet.  It’s about two story building tall.  Space surrounded with tall poles would provide spiritual and religious environment.  Lines of the poles stretch up, which seem they try to reach to the sky.  
The recycled poles have unique texture and color as building material.  Its weathered surface could express the history of the Jews and religion.  Its worn color would show how time has passed with the pole and how the world and human beings have traveled in history.

This project is entry work for Sukkah City design competition.