Pavilion of the Future

The idea began after the prompt was read, Pavilion of the Future. For the future we envision flight, symmetry, geometry and environmental awareness. There were guidelines we had to follow, a budget of $15,000 and we had limited resources. We had to keep in mind the materials we used and the cycle of the materials. In the end, the material had to be reusable.

Materials used:

Orange and Blue triangles: painted copper sheets

Platform, base, poles, and stairs: wood

Plastic windows: recycled plastic

How we plan to reuse them:

Copper could be turned into pennies after the pavilion. The wood could be made into recycled paper. Then the recycled plastic, would be re-used for other purposes.

The Idea:

It began with the future is flight. We first designed something to look like a flying bird then, evolved it up to fish scales. Reason being was, we were thinking about islands. Islands lead to fishes with its surrounding water. Then we thought about the whole environmental awareness. Everyone started giving ideas out, taking in mind all the uses. Looking through past winners, we started thinking smaller.

At first a few poles here and there, a tent cover, a few windows. Then it went back to the ideas of the wings. Raising the wings so they’d “float” in the air, was a definite. We then started working on the central pole and how it would be too much pressure and weight on it. Adding, the bases so that the pole could evenly spread the weight throughout it, was included. After thinking about it, we decided to cover the base with a raised platform. Then we thought What if we make it move? Flexibility. We felt that flexibility played a big role in the future.  To top it off, people need privacy, so we added curtains that could open and close to manage lighting.