Mlus is an urban oasis that hosts exhibitors and events during the South Summit festival in Plaza de España in Madrid. It consists of a continuous wavy shell supported by various funnels. This shell is discretised into strips of birch plywood, bent elastically and connected by metal plates. The result is a lightweight, breathable and durable structural timber fabric.

The overall shape of Mlus is intended to provide a continuous perimeter opening, inviting visitors to explore this "urban forest" of wooden columns. Upon entering, one can enjoy a cool space, protected from the sun, with filtered light and dynamic shadows created by the suspended timber pieces. To achieve this, a digital anti-functional dynamic relaxation technique was used, ensuring that the curvature did not exceed the maximum allowable by the thin 12mm thickness of the bent-in-situ strips.

The surface was streamlined to be constructible with as little waste as possible, producing quasi-straight strips of constant width. The negative curvature of the surface generated a continuum of bifurcations in the strips, similar to the organic growth patterns of corals or cacti, allowing constant widths to be maintained as they approach a perimeter of much greater length than the bases of the structure.

The strips were then segmented into optimised lengths to be fabricated into standard plywood boards, making them easy to transport and assemble.

The joints are designed so that they can be assembled entirely from below, simply using conventional scaffolding and metric joints. The structure was erected in 2 days and dismantled in 1 day.