Turntable Pavilion

TURNTABLE PAVILION

SLO Architecture

Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz

AREA
400 ft²

YEAR
2021

PHOTOGRAPHS
Andreas Symietz

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Keller Engineers

FABRICATOR
Rustfab 

PROJECT MANAGER
Julia Beros

TEAM
Dugan Lunday

LOCAL ARTIST APPRENTICES
Donald Williams, Adriana, Amador, Takiera, Brian Jackson

PRINCIPALS
Amanda Schachter, Alexander Levi

LOCATION
Camden, United States

Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz

Legend tells that Harding and Son’s Windmill, operating during the 18th-century on a once-existing island between Camden and Philadelphia, is buried under Camden.

During low tide, a sandbar from what is now Coopers Poynt Park formed a land passage directly to the island critical for transporting goods, helping first make Camden a vital hub. Camden abounds with lost history.

RCA Victor recorded the 20th-century classical and jazz greats; many original pieces of vinyl in its Cooper Street warehouse were dumped at the shoreline in 1971, along with the building which housed them.

Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz
Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz

With Turntable, the discarded is unearthed, reconsidered. At Coopers Poynt Park, a wind-powered beacon becomes a shoreline focal point. Using wind energy captured by thousands of cut two-liter soda bottles, a cylinder spins above a ring of scaffolding.

Inside, a lightweight dome of discarded plastics, with oculus open to the sky, forms a space to contemplate the cycles of Camden’s history and potential energy ahead.

Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz
Turntable Pavilion
© Andreas Symietz

Turntable is part of A New View, which will transform six highly visible spaces along Camden’s public transportation corridors from eyesores used for illegal dumping into multi-purpose community forums.

These converted spaces will host dynamic temporary art installations and creative programming that will provide a new view to the more than 65,000 people who travel through Camden daily and its 77,000 residents.


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