graduate studio 5670.
spring 2005 | collaboration with Michael Gilbert
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Our proposal is inspired by a desire to place visitors within the interstitial realm of the built and un-built. As the boardwalk surface extends into the pavilion, floors peel up into walls and down creating bands of volume containing programmed and non-programmed gathering space. Pedestrians who stroll along the boardwalk pass seamlessly into the pavilion's oasis and are refreshed by the services it provides.
Through the use of an adaptive structural system the pavilion responds to natural conditions inherent to its location. The elements are admitted, interrupted or modified through various panel typologies which are attached to hydraulic armatures. Wall panels adjust for ventilation, roof panels tilt to permit sunlight through the pavilion's skin. Bridges and platforms stage momentary views of the parachute jump tower, toward activity on the boardwalk, the ocean and horizon beyond, as well as self-referential views of the pavilion.
.Interchangeable panels generate micro-climates within the open-air structure, encouraging one's visit to be extended. According to view alignment and function, panels are positioned to alter the local climate in programmed zones. In the incalescent summer months – walls of fans and misting nozzles provide temporary relief from unbearable heat. During the bleakness of winter – heater panels replace fan panels so that locals may congregate around them. Basking in the heat or mist one moment, then flocking into the un-conditioned interstice to find another micro-climate, visitors will energize the pavilion by unconsciously engaging each other's personal space. This structure, therefore, acts as simple temporary shelter and, simultaneously, hyper-social machine.
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