IF _ Do Architects

Dulwich Pavilion

Dulwich Pavilion

Dulwich Pavilion

IF_DO

FIRM
IF_DO

TYPE
Cultural › Pavilion

STATUS
Built

LOCATION
Greater London, England, United Kingdom

TYPE
Cultural › Pavilion

YEAR
2017

BUDGET
$100K - 500K

SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

Responding to the solidity and monolithic nature of Sir John Soane’s gallery, and the porous, ever-changing nature of the landscape, After Image mediates between the two, breaking down their delineation and creating a new visual experience for the gallery’s visitors.

Dulwich Pavilion
Dulwich Pavilion

A series of translucent mirrored screens—some fixed, some movable—reflect and disrupt the context.

Fragments of the building appear in the landscape, and fragments of the landscape in the building, while the translucency of the screens creates an overlay of moving images: of building, of landscape, of personal reflection and of others beyond.

Dulwich Pavilion
Dulwich Pavilion

The pavilion’s simple rectangular form responds directly to that of the existing building. When closed, the panels form a strong axial alignment of the bar and the square plan of the event space, while the horizontal banding of the elevation—the plinth, mesh veil and roof structure—echoes the datums of the gallery.

The lightness of the structure, by contrast, engages with the wider landscape, and with the lanterns of the gallery.

Dulwich Pavilion
Dulwich Pavilion

The timber truss roof and surrounding veil create a canopy-like environment, with their shadows—and the reflections of shadows—adding to the layering of images, and to the interplay of space, perception and memory.

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