Holcim, Alejandro Aravena and ELEMENTAL — Launching building technology innovation to the world’s media at the Venice Biennale
Elemental and Alejandro Aravena — Caro Communications
A pavilion prototype showcasing precast concrete building technology with intricate patterned screen walls and modular construction.
- What we like about this project
- Intricate decorative geometry punched through heavy structural concrete panels.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- precast-concrete
- perforated-screen
- exterior-staircase
- pavilion
Style tags
- contemporary
- tectonic
- modular
Visual tags
- pavilion
- precast-concrete
- perforated-facade
- prototype
- public-realm
- Geometry
- A compact two-story rectangular volume on a raised concrete plinth, approached via a ramp. Side and rear facades feature patterned precast screen blocks; front elevation is open with an exterior steel staircase leading to the upper level.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete screen panels with custom geometric perforations.
- Structural guess
- Precast concrete modular post-and-slab structural frame.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story pavilion scale, compact and approachable in a public or institutional landscape.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the ground level wall and stair.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, crisp daylight accentuating the heavy texture of precast concrete against lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Installed in a manicured park or garden setting, with historic masonry buildings visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The structure stands as an open-air pavilion in a landscape, offering framed views and filtered light through the perforated screen panels.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating clover-like perforation pattern across the side facade panels paired with clean horizontal floor slabs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tectonic pavilion
- Program
- Exhibition pavilion or building technology prototype
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- precast-concrete, perforated-screen, exterior-staircase, pavilion
- Style tags
- contemporary, tectonic, modular
- Visual tags
- pavilion, precast-concrete, perforated-facade, prototype, public-realm
- Geometry
- A compact two-story rectangular volume on a raised concrete plinth, approached via a ramp. Side and rear facades feature patterned precast screen blocks; front elevation is open with an exterior steel staircase leading to the upper level.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete screen panels with custom geometric perforations.
- Structural guess
- Precast concrete modular post-and-slab structural frame.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story pavilion scale, compact and approachable in a public or institutional landscape.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the ground level wall and stair.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, crisp daylight accentuating the heavy texture of precast concrete against lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Installed in a manicured park or garden setting, with historic masonry buildings visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The structure stands as an open-air pavilion in a landscape, offering framed views and filtered light through the perforated screen panels.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating clover-like perforation pattern across the side facade panels paired with clean horizontal floor slabs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tectonic pavilion
- Program
- Exhibition pavilion or building technology prototype
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture