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A pavilion precedent utilizing a rhythmic series of barrel-vault monitors and a slender steel frame to negotiate between natural landscape and sheltered interior program.
- What we like about this project
- The crisp white curved profiles of the vaults create a striking contrast against the organic canopy of the surrounding trees.
Materials
- steel
- membrane-or-coated-metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- barrel-vault
- white-roof-monitors
- steel-canopy
- pavilions
Style tags
- contemporary
- lightweight
- tectonic
Visual tags
- pavilion
- landscape-integrated
- modular-roof
- canopy
- daylighting
- Geometry
- Low horizontal pavilion featuring a repeated series of transverse white barrel-vaulted roof elements supported by a light steel frame.
- Facade system
- Open steel framing combined with recessed glazing and solid wall infills.
- Structural guess
- Light steel columns and beams supporting prefabricated barrel-vault roof assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story pavilion at human scale, designed to blend comfortably into the landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under the canopy and highlighting the curved profiles of the vaults.
- Atmosphere
- Airy and open, blending garden greenery with clean, modular architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by mature deciduous trees and lush ground plantings in a public or park-like setting.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhangs and rhythmic vaults create a sheltered intermediate transition zone between the surrounding landscape and interior spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong repeating transverse rhythm created by the parallel barrel vaults and support bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary lightweight pavilion architecture
- Program
- Cultural or public park pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- steel, membrane-or-coated-metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- barrel-vault, white-roof-monitors, steel-canopy, pavilions
- Style tags
- contemporary, lightweight, tectonic
- Visual tags
- pavilion, landscape-integrated, modular-roof, canopy, daylighting
- Geometry
- Low horizontal pavilion featuring a repeated series of transverse white barrel-vaulted roof elements supported by a light steel frame.
- Facade system
- Open steel framing combined with recessed glazing and solid wall infills.
- Structural guess
- Light steel columns and beams supporting prefabricated barrel-vault roof assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story pavilion at human scale, designed to blend comfortably into the landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under the canopy and highlighting the curved profiles of the vaults.
- Atmosphere
- Airy and open, blending garden greenery with clean, modular architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by mature deciduous trees and lush ground plantings in a public or park-like setting.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhangs and rhythmic vaults create a sheltered intermediate transition zone between the surrounding landscape and interior spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong repeating transverse rhythm created by the parallel barrel vaults and support bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary lightweight pavilion architecture
- Program
- Cultural or public park pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture