A dynamic design, the pavilion captures changing foliage, light, and skies, allowing nature to penetrate. In so doing, it defies strict categories of inside and out. Rather than inserting itself as an object in the landscape, it alters the way one sees and interacts with that landscape. This refuge is made of salvaged and new cedar wood, as well as construction waste, which is used at the stair rails and in the blocking between each cedar wood post. The structure simulates a forest and allows the unadorned material to speak for itself. Additionally, the forms loosely resemble the silos of the surrounding farmlands.
We designed the structure for a matriarch to gather her family and friends in nature. In Covid times, however, the pavilion becomes a more contemplative space of reflection. It is also used as an ancillary outdoor office (with wifi) and allows more breathing room for members of a big family. It even provides a sleeping porch for the adventurous with its mosquito netting and framing of the stars through it's oculus. A steel circular rod allows for mosquito netting, and the space can be used as a sleeping porch from summer through Fall.
Materials used:
- cedar wood, salvaged cedar wood from local dump, Watermill, NY
- steel and steel fasteners manufactured and installed by Svendsen enterprises, Inc., Long Island.
- construction waste from on site
- recycled teak wood chair by Mahtam furniture
