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AURA is the recipient of the 2nd place award in the Pavilion of Transformation design competition organized by ARCH HIVE in Surrey, BC, Canada
AURA is the recipient of the 2nd place award in the Pavilion of Transformation design competition organized by ARCH HIVE in Surrey, BC, Canada
2024
Collaborators: Ece Boysal Skardelli, Duy Anh Pham, Daniel Sancha
The pavilion "emerges" on the corner of two main roads next to Surrey's Central Station, a primary spot within the Downtown.
The way the elements of the pavilion are geometrically placed invites pedestrians to approach the pavilion and walk through it.
The light rays bring colors, and colors evoke emotions and senses, express feelings, and define the environment as we perceive it.
The pavilion uses light and color as a medium to bring people together and creates a sense of interest and immediate attraction offering them different experiences of color, light, and optic.
With this appealing quality, it becomes a vital element of its surroundings, serves as a place where people meet and improves the monotonous atmosphere around it due to its strong character.
The composition of arches functions as a barrier-free and inclusive space for everyone. A sequence of ambient spaces in between the arches lets the spectator cross by and experience the playful reflections and refractions of the sunlight passing through the permeable arch sculptures. The vertical planes of different arches overlap when looking at the pavilion from the front sides, creating a see-through visual effect that enhances social interaction.
The composition of arches functions as a barrier-free and inclusive space for everyone. A sequence of ambient spaces in between the arches lets the spectator cross by and experience the playful reflections and refractions of the sunlight passing through the permeable arch sculptures. The vertical planes of different arches overlap when looking at the pavilion from the front sides, creating a see-through visual effect that enhances social interaction.
The main element of the composition, the bigger arch, can be recognized from any perspective and it establishes a hierarchy within the composition. The rest of the arches accompany it and interact with the pedestrians on a human scale. When entering the interstitial passages between the arches, people can perceive the refracted view of the surroundings through the skin of the arch.
The pavilion is built with steel arches (assembled by smaller steel elements fixed by bolted joints). The structure is then finished with reflective stainless steel panels. The external colored layer of the arches is made of orange Plexiglass, fixed with anchors screwed on the surface of the loadbearing structure. The pavement on the ground is created by using reflective stainless steel planks, embedded on a base of eco-friendly, sustainable cork flooring, poured on top of a gravel bed.
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