'Learning from nature'
This sculptural pavilion is a green
swirling art installation shaped like a Mobius band and is inspired by the
biological cycle of life. This pavilion is functional, environmentally friendly
and also aestahetically pleasing.
It is three meters high, eight meters long and five meters wide. This pavilion structure can be touched,
walked and sat on, unlike a lot of other structures.
This pavilion is incorporated with a lot
of high technology features, including;
Phase changing materials, which regulate the temperature, so the
pavilion is warm to sit on when it’s cold and feel cool on a warm summer day.
It is also self-cleaning because it also has a photocatalytic
effect, which cleans the air around it.
“It’s fascinating to think that people’s activity can generate
energy simply by integrating specific materials, just as we can see here where
‘children at play’ create the energy required to run the integrated LED lights,
the Pavilion has given us the opportunity to demonstrate, how sustainable and
intelligent materials can be used in buildings.”
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‘A Pavilion of Pallets’
There are an estimated 2 billion pallets circulating around the world.
This temporary pavilion was created by some
students of Aarhus architecture school in Denmark,
using only upcycled pallets .
This
sculptural structure is made from stacked pallets in a serpentine wall along the area.
It was created for the intention of
interaction with the users , the students could use this area as a unique place
to sit , relax , talk and also a place to be used to get some shade from the sun.
“The Pavilion was meant to
become an active element in the everyday-life of the school, and not to be only
an object. By adapting naturally to the original flow of people crossing the
courtyard, it was inviting people to interact with the structure and to follow
the strip to come inside a shelter, built all around the tree. Inside, up to 20
people could easily stand and sit down, being totally covered by the pallets.”
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‘[C]space’
This pavilion is visually striking formed
by an irregular shell structure spanning over 10 metres. If you look closely
you will discover the merging of many separate flat concrete and steel elements
into this curved form.
“The deck becomes furnishing, which
becomes counter, which becomes wall, which becomes roof, which goes back to
wall, and returns to floor deck.”
