Patagonian Shadow Pavilion

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion 

DRAA

ARCHITECTS
Draa

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Nicolas Del Rio, Felipe Camus

COLLABORATORS
Nils Hayoz, Clement Estreicher, Daniela Farias, Fernanda Urquiza, Guillaume Nguyen, Pilar Gonzalez Soldevilla, Belen García Ortega, Bruno Urrutia Sancho, María De Sotto, Enrique Sanz-gadea López, Marius Nieschalk, Mirko Hayoz, Neva Hayoz, Emily Hayoz, Clarisse Hayoz, Jérôme Hayoz, Annemarie Schäfer, David Dörig

PHOTOGRAPHS
Felipe Camus, David Foessel, Sasha Mauroux

AREA
7 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Lathuile, France

CATEGORY
Installations & Structures

A particular cultural mix has provided a series of unexpected suspended objects to the Patagonian landscape.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

Structures that are seemingly useless or at best oversized with a single cover become landmarks, indicating ownership or marking the way.

Many times, they don't cover anything, they just provide shade.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

European settlers brought architectural styles, while local carpenters taught how to work with noble woods from the area as a substitute for corresponding solid materials.

The mix became known as the Chilote/German technique due to its place of origin, characterized by ingenious carpentry made only of wood and roofs and facades made of Alerce tiles.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

Furthermore, there are some connections that unite the Auvernia-Rhône-Alpes region with northern Chilean Patagonia.

At the same distance from the Equator, Coyhaique and Annecy, both at 45° South and North, have a similar climate, and the objects project the same depth of shadow at opposite times of the year.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

While during the festival's inauguration, we enter the boreal summer, on June 21st it will be winter solstice in Chile, the moment of greatest shadow projection, if the weather allows it.

We wanted to contribute a piece of Patagonian shadow, a few square meters of a cantilevered object that will cross the path and redirect the views.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

The structure portrays and boasts its structural demands and houses a minimal habitable pod to be experienced by only one person at a time, to feel and appreciate the oversized cover while enjoying the views of the lake under a ventilated shade.

The volume is simply composed of a bare structure and a roof.

The efforts seem simple although there are considerable forces that bring tension to the cabin.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus

The flaneurs will feel compelled to stop and observe the hidden tension, resolved with wooden joints and a couple of pillars that gently rest on the ground.

The uncomfortable imbalance between the cantilever and the supported section is fundamental to the sensation.

The Patagonian Shadow Cabin will be a pause to broaden the vision of a particular latitude and cultural context.

Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus


Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
© Felipe Camus


Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
Roof plan
Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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Patagonian Shadow Pavilion
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