Tutor: Tomas Liekens
Campus Ghent
semester 2
Craftsmanship
Nederlands/English
Image: TypicalPlan
permanent PAVILIONS / PAVILJOENEN
Expo ‘58
by example
– the original pavilion for ticket sales for the chairlift at the 1958 WorldExpo now exists as the community center Rotonde,
– the American Theater was used until recently for VRT studios,
– the Atomium still stands,
– the Philips Pavilion by Le Corbusier was demolished,
– House 21, originally built as the Austrian pavilion, was transferred to Vienna to house the Museum of the 20th Century,
– the Canadian Pavilion was rebuilt as a lyceum in Genk,
or alternatively:
– 1962 – Nordic Pavilion – Venice – Sverre Fehn
– 2013 – Golf Clubhouse– Krefeld – Robbrecht&Daem
– 2014 – The playing field– Southampton – Assemble
– 2020 – MolenWest Square – Brussels – 1010au
PAVILIONS
– temporary premised,
in fact often used more permanently,
– reusable from the start,
circular in its premises,
HOW are they conceived?
Pavilions aim to arouse emotions,
incite thoughts,
delight the senses,
and all in a conscious atmosphere.
As a very precise intervention
simple and efficient
with elaborated architectural details.
WHAT must the design comply with?
Pavilions are like meeting places,
offering a programme of events,
that is both demanding and accessible to all.
Pavilions cultivate a singularity to invite you to live an experience.
THE FIRST HALF of this studio:
– analysis of 3 well-considered pavilions,
We meticulously map them,
also in their functionalities.
in building elements – scale 1:1
in isometric projections – size A2
in an abstract model – size A2
– how are they constructed & composed,
– which predetermined programs,
– how can they be (re)used,
– which atmosphere.
THE SECOND HALF of the studio:
– design one new pavilion,
one that is family of the 3 analyzed pavilions,
– the pavilion is usually detached,
ìn this design we make it grafted.
– the scale of the (re)designed pavilion:
at least a house large.