Flora Pavilion

Flora Pavilion
Shared Color Space. Image © Yusi Chen

FLORA PAVILION

Design School of Nanjing University of the Arts

CATEGORY
Pavilion, Small Scale

LOCATION
Nanjing, China

YEAR
2017

ARCHITECTS
Design School of Nanjing University of the Arts

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yusi Chen

Text description provided by architect.

This large space device is from the Design school of Nanjing University of the Arts.

Flora Pavilion
Day View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Day View. Image © Yusi Chen

The creation concept of the work originates from the Roman flower goddess - Flora.

The design team gives its new poetic meaning to the structure, and using the parametric tools, display and perform the form of "flower" by digital means, which forms a temporary pavilion with visual tension and space interest.

Flora Pavilion
Day View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Day View. Image © Yusi Chen

The work consists of 272 hollow stainless steel balls as structural locating nodes and a simple supporting structure system welded by 703 stainless steel tubes with different numbered lengths.

Flora Pavilion
Shared Color Space. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Shared Color Space. Image © Yusi Chen

The triangular meshes formed by the structure system are subdivided and optimized by the computer through the special-shaped surface.

Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen

The triangular inlay uses the translucent PVC film. When it is in the sun or cloudy environment, the viewer at different times and different viewing angle will get a complete different visual feeling.

Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen

After completion, due to the artistic expression of the visual form as well as in the day under the epidermis and the color shadows together constitute a fantastic space field, it has received affection from different age level of viewers and to become a landmark shared art space on campus.

Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen
Flora Pavilion
Night View. Image © Yusi Chen


Flora Pavilion
Location
Flora Pavilion
Structural Positioning


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