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Webb Chapel Park Pavilion

Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber

WEBB CHAPEL PARK PAVILION

Studio Joseph

ARCHITECTS
Studio Joseph

LOCATION
Dallas, United States

AREA
903.0 ft²

CATEGORY
Pavilion

PHOTOGRAPHS
Eduard Hueber

PROJECT YEAR
2012

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Gerard & Associates Consulting Engineers

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Jaster – Quintanilla Engineering

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Phoenix I Restoration & Construction Ltd

PROJECT MANAGER
Chris Good

DESIGN TEAM
Read Langworthy

CONCRETE CONSULTANT
Reginald D Hough

PRINCIPALS IN CHARGE
Wendy Evans Joseph, Chris Cooper

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT
Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture LLP

Text description provided by architect.

In Dallas, Texas, the Department of Parks and Recreation is working to replace several decaying, minimal 1960s shelters in the surrounding metropolitan public parks.

Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber

Sandwiched between a community soccer field and playground, this simple pavilion embraces a passive, natural cooling system that becomes one with the spatial design.

The solution asserts pure geometry to simultaneously achieve bold form and function. A concrete canopy of exaggerated depth enables a simple structure with minimal visible supports to create virtually seamless views of the surrounding site.

Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber

The result is an impressive cantilever that comfortably sits atop a mere three structural supports.

Inside the pavilion, the heavy shell of concrete opens to reveal four playful, pyramidal voids in the roof. Although a whimsical surprise of color, the ceiling’s primary purpose is a natural ventilation system based on a traditional “palapa:”

Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber

Encouraging the hot Texas air to move through the pavilion. Convection breezes are increased as the bold volume perceptually lifts away from the ground, leaving the seating embedded in a berm where the box once was.

The use of raw concrete as both structure and finish makes the shape both expressive and efficient.

Both its conceptual model and execution match the demands of program and community with reductive simplicity. This bold result finds its identity in these dualities.

Webb Chapel Park Pavilion
© Eduard Hueber


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