The Waste Pavilion
The Brief is to focus and design a sustainable pavilion, using suitable waste materials, to create a space for the public. Our main focus is on those who are struggling or dealing with mental health, creating a wellbeing pavilion that caters to the client and the public in general.
Our focus is on mental health, so we wanted the pavilion to cater to our client while still meeting the needs of the brief.
We also wanted it to be as sustainable as possible- not just the pavilion, but also the location of the pavilion and everything surrounding it.
We also wanted it to be as sustainable as possible- not just the pavilion, but also the location of the pavilion and everything surrounding it.
The LED lighting is also from a sustainable power source, as it is completely solar powered, so it uses renewable energy.
The idea of mental health- the pavilion symbolises mental health in many ways, as the use of LED lighting is bright and colourful and not dull, which can affect the mood and ambience.
It also includes seating and benches, as those with mental health often can find a source of contentment in speaking to those who are going through the same thing. The benches are also not too close together, so those who want solitude may have a seat alone.
The pavilion is also shaped in rings, which symbolises the concept of interlocking thoughts, and how the brain can have one thought that leads to another. The tunnel symbolises how mental health tend to think and the thought process. Leaving the pavilion in the end of the tunnel is like an end to overthinking, as well as the “light at the end of the tunnel”
The location – the rings around the sustainable amphitheatre provides even more seating, so people can sit outside the pavilion and admire the outer appearance of it, not just the inside. The circular rings of the amphitheatre again show the same concept as the pavilion, like the thoughts and the brain overthinking etc.
Tech Drawing
Enscape Rendering
