Architectural Association

Re-Emerge Pavilion

Re-Emerge Pavilion

Architectural Association

Re-Emerge Pavilion
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SPONSORS
Hassell, BuroHappold Engineering, One Click LCA

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN LEAD
Jonathan Irawan

PRINCIPAL & HEAD OF DESIGN
Xavier De Kestelier

STUDIO MASTER
Dr. Milad Showkatbakhsh

FOUNDING DIRECTOR
Dr. Michael Weinstock

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
Dr. Elif Erdine

TEACHING FACULTY
Abhinav Chaudhary, Eleana Polychronaki, Lorenzo Santelli, Felipe Oeyen

PHOTOS
NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio (10)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio NAARO ©

SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft

STATUS
Built

BUDGET
$0 - 10K

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
London, United Kingdom

CATEGORY
Cultural › Pavilion

Architectural Association (AA) Emergent Technologies & Design (EmTech) Post-Graduate Programme and Hassell Studio have collaborated to create a new pavilion in Bedford Square.

Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
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Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio

Titled Re-Emerge, the research agenda of the Pavilion is situated within the framework of production in a world with limited resources.

The project emphasises the pavilion's ecological impact from the early phases of the design process onwards.

Construction waste is useful. Wood is inherently the best bio-fabricated and biodegradable material.

Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio

When a timber building is demolished after several decades, it does not produce useless waste, but generates reclaimed wood that can be re-used and re-purposed, hence becoming part of the circular economy.

Re-Emerge is created with grade A reclaimed wood pallets. Complexity arises from simplicity. Morphological and structural complexity was adopted by the variable aggregation of similar modules that are formed by scoring and steam-bending.

Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio

The modules are assembled with lap joints, diminishing the need for secondary materials in the joinery system.

The conscious attitude of the project towards the environment is maintained in its fabrication and instalment.

The employment of life cycle assessment (LCA) in our computational workflows has facilitated to take into consideration CO2 emissions associated with not only the material itself, but also its origins and transportation to site.

THIRD LIFE

At the end of its second lifecycle, part of the pavilion was erected in Hassell Studio and part of it was sent back to the timber recycling facilities where it was resourced from.

Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio

The ambition of Re-Emerge is to create a strong dialogue between the local timber industry and its by-products.

To take a virtual tour of the pavilion, enabled by Matterport technology, please visit:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Pn7GjFWAmup


Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio
Re-Emerge Pavilion
©NAARO - Architectural Photography Studio

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