MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY
A public pavilion precedent by Marc Fornes/TheVeryMany showcasing computational design through a lightweight, self-supporting algorithmic canopy sitting atop a cast-concrete base.
- What we like about this project
- The complex color gradient on the canopy shifts smoothly from dark blue-green to bright turquoise.
Materials
- aluminum
- concrete
- paint
Visual identifiers
- parametric-canopy
- branching-columns
- perforated-skin
- teal-shingles
Style tags
- parametric
- computational
- organic-modern
Visual tags
- parametric
- pavilion
- public-realm
- computational-design
- organic-geometry
- Geometry
- Organic, branching canopy structure with a doubly-curved parametric surface resting on a heavy, linear concrete retaining base.
- Facade system
- Perforated structural shingle skin
- Structural guess
- Stress-skinned aluminum composite assembly acting as a thin shell
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; the canopy height is roughly single-story, bridging across a low landscape plinth.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows beneath the porous canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and fluid, blending futuristic digital forms with lush natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Urban park setting surrounded by mature green trees and adjacent multi-story building under construction.
- Spatial experience
- A low-slung, protective canopy hovering over planted beds, framing views through perforated structural branches.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating cellular tiling across the canopy surface modulated by structural branching nodes.
- Style reading
- Digital parametric and algorithmic architecture
- Program
- Public park pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- aluminum, concrete, paint
- Visual identifiers
- parametric-canopy, branching-columns, perforated-skin, teal-shingles
- Style tags
- parametric, computational, organic-modern
- Visual tags
- parametric, pavilion, public-realm, computational-design, organic-geometry
- Geometry
- Organic, branching canopy structure with a doubly-curved parametric surface resting on a heavy, linear concrete retaining base.
- Facade system
- Perforated structural shingle skin
- Structural guess
- Stress-skinned aluminum composite assembly acting as a thin shell
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; the canopy height is roughly single-story, bridging across a low landscape plinth.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows beneath the porous canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and fluid, blending futuristic digital forms with lush natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Urban park setting surrounded by mature green trees and adjacent multi-story building under construction.
- Spatial experience
- A low-slung, protective canopy hovering over planted beds, framing views through perforated structural branches.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating cellular tiling across the canopy surface modulated by structural branching nodes.
- Style reading
- Digital parametric and algorithmic architecture
- Program
- Public park pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture