B o t a n i c a l Pa v i l i o n
A 30,000m2 pavilion designed by a chinese studio Penda for horticultural expo in Beijing, China is considered as an important example to study and analyse. The project is situated on the threshold between the urban city and a forested area, is set to be transformed into a residential area to benefit from the privileged location. as such, the pavilion was designed as a fully modular, prefabricated and decentralized series of structures. instead of a singular building on a site, a thousand yards establishes an invisible grid which develops clusters of five principle uses for the expo and gradually blends them together. The circulation inside the site is free and multiple public squares corresponding to different activities makes the project engaging. The modular units of 8m x 8m square. built of cross-laminated timber beams fabricated off site and assembled in place, the structures can grow horizontally and vertically to accommodate an increased need for space. also importantly, the modules can be deconstructed and recycled elsewhere resulting in virtually zero waste. this is important not only to the functions hosted in the pavilion itself but also for its readaptation after the expo has finished. Visitors constantly emerge within the site and interact with the built green landscape, the concept of waiting in lines to see a certain event has been erased.
Fig. 25 Interweaving of Architecture and Landscape Fig. 26 Facing page. Aereal image of the Project
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