Project
Golden Systems
Year: 2022
Category: Cultural Architecture
Skills: Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop, InDesign
This project takes a variety of figures from the plates of German zoologist Ernst Haeckel and, using an abstract form, creates a series of pavilions focusing on the celebration and rebirth of nature. Each pavilion has a unique purpose, from composting to water capture to solar energy capture to plant growth, which help to promote regrowth in an area which has suffered from deforestation. In juxtaposition to their purposes is the materiality, which is meant to both highlight the delicate nature of these plants, hide the machine aspect in a thing of beauty, and bring attention to the celebratory aspect of the pavilion. The representations which cover the pavilions are that of orchids, varietal mosses, and leaves, all meant to show the nature which humans are slowly stripping away.
Plan
This image shows the plan view of the project, and in order from bottom to top, the composting pavilion, the water pavilion, the solar pavilion, and the plant pavilion.
Composting Pavilion
Showcasing a variety of different viewpoints of the same pavilion, the composting pavilion. This pavilion is dedicated to creating compost for plant life to grow, with internal vestibules made from different sculptural mosses to deposit compostable materials.
Water Pavilion
Showcasing a variety of different viewpoints of the same pavilion, the water pavilion. This pavilion not only contains vestibules on the exterior made from sculptural orchids and mosses to capture water and pipes made from sculptural stems to transport it to the plants, it is also completely watertight so that visitors to the pavilion can use it as protection from precipitation.
Elevation
This elevation of the series of pavilions shows, in order from left to right, the composting, water, solar, and plant pavilions.
Perspective of the Solar Pavilion
Showcasing the interior view of the solar pavilion, featuring a view of the beyond trees and the path itself. This pavilion has hidden paneling on top of sculptural leaves to collect solar energy which is transported through the stems in order to power hte system of pavilions.
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