Pavilion Design Study
The final design of the study pulled from the industrial history of a site study of the Kodak Complex in Rochester, NY and the natural park and habitat that is adjacent as the Genesee River valley, creating a focal point of gathering for both.
The steel piping that comprises the structure creates an artificiality from the material, with steel cable run along the lengths to allow the ivy to grow up the structure. Its bends and turns evoke the natural growth of the trees, creating a sense of organicism within the artificial structure.
The ivy creates an “enclosure” while still allowing a sense of naturalism within the structure. The pathways of the steel help to guide rainfall down to the planter boxes, from which both the structure and ivy have grown. Instead of an artificial installation destroying the environment around it, it creates a habitat that is both natural and unnatural in form and material.
The steel piping that comprises the structure creates an artificiality from the material, with steel cable run along the lengths to allow the ivy to grow up the structure. Its bends and turns evoke the natural growth of the trees, creating a sense of organicism within the artificial structure.
The ivy creates an “enclosure” while still allowing a sense of naturalism within the structure. The pathways of the steel help to guide rainfall down to the planter boxes, from which both the structure and ivy have grown. Instead of an artificial installation destroying the environment around it, it creates a habitat that is both natural and unnatural in form and material.
