Feltham Cabin — Burgess Architects
A public park pavilion featuring faceted, pointed roof geometries and warm panel cladding, serving as an approachable community amenity against an urban backdrop.
- What we like about this project
- The pointed pyramidal roof modules terminate in chimney-like stacked peaks.
Materials
- timber
- composite-panel
- glass
- corten-steel
Visual identifiers
- faceted-roof
- pointed-pavilion
- timber-cladding
- community-cabin
Style tags
- contemporary
- playful
- vernacular
Visual tags
- pavilion
- community
- faceted
- public-realm
- playful-massing
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical massing composed of multi-faceted, faceted-cone and pitched roof volumes creating an irregular, playful silhouette.
- Facade system
- Faceted composite or timber panel cladding system over a low timber base.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with pre-fabricated faceted panel assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story pavilion scaled intimately for community use, dwarfed by surrounding multi-story blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the faceted panel surfaces and surrounding landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, cheerful, and light-filled public gathering space.
- Environmental context
- Located in an urban green space or park plaza bordered by mature trees and multi-story brick commercial or residential buildings.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from an open planted path, the pavilion offers sheltered openings and a welcoming public scale in contrast to neighboring multi-story brick context.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular faceted panel divisions creating fragmented triangular patterns across the roofscape.
- Style reading
- Contemporary playful vernacular pavilion
- Program
- Community park cabin or pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, composite-panel, glass, corten-steel
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-roof, pointed-pavilion, timber-cladding, community-cabin
- Style tags
- contemporary, playful, vernacular
- Visual tags
- pavilion, community, faceted, public-realm, playful-massing
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical massing composed of multi-faceted, faceted-cone and pitched roof volumes creating an irregular, playful silhouette.
- Facade system
- Faceted composite or timber panel cladding system over a low timber base.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with pre-fabricated faceted panel assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story pavilion scaled intimately for community use, dwarfed by surrounding multi-story blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the faceted panel surfaces and surrounding landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, cheerful, and light-filled public gathering space.
- Environmental context
- Located in an urban green space or park plaza bordered by mature trees and multi-story brick commercial or residential buildings.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from an open planted path, the pavilion offers sheltered openings and a welcoming public scale in contrast to neighboring multi-story brick context.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular faceted panel divisions creating fragmented triangular patterns across the roofscape.
- Style reading
- Contemporary playful vernacular pavilion
- Program
- Community park cabin or pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture