Public · 2021
A pavilion made of light
Lumen Foundation
1 day
Assembly
5
Locations
18k
Visitors
Overview
A small demountable pavilion for an arts foundation, built from translucent panels that glow after dark.
The brief
The foundation needed a moveable structure that could host events across several sites and read as a landmark at night without a large budget or permanent foundations.
Our approach
We designed a lightweight timber frame clad in translucent polycarbonate, detailed so it can be assembled by four people in a day and lit from within to become a lantern each evening.
The outcome
The pavilion has travelled to five locations and drawn thousands of visitors, and its low-cost, reusable approach was widely published as a model for temporary civic space.
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