Elisava Fall Pavillion
In collaboration with TAKK Architecture & Mariana Rodrigues
Elisava University, Level 3 Terrace
Brief
“Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?” This question formulated by Buckminster Fuller is especially relevant in our current-climate change scenario.
Some of the utopian and radical architects of the second half of the 20th Century were very much focused on imagining desirable futures for the planet, the cities or the architecture, with an incipient ecological consciousness and a concern on efficiency.
Proposal
The aim of Elisava Fall Pavilion 2022 workshop was to revisit Buckminster Fuller, Frei Otto and Yona Friedman and build a space following some of their principles. The Pavillion is a humble response to these grandiose views of a brave new future, and was designed and built by more than 30 people from the Master’s Degree in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces (MEATS) and the Master’s Degree in Deisgn through New Materials (MDTNM).
Its non-hierarchical constructive system allows an organic way of growing, thanks to the simultaneous intervention of a multiplicity of minds and hands coming from very diverse backgrounds.
Construction
A set of 30x60mm and 30x30mm wooden sticks are assembled in irregular angles with the only requirement of a drill and the aim of acquiring structural stability. Avoiding right angles facilitates the job for non-experts and allows a bottom-up design that takes place directly on the construction site, without the need for detailed drawings.
In order to complete the pavilion, a tensile fabric covers the built volume, using glasses to mediate the tectonic and the textile systems.
Credits
Photography: Jose Hevia
