-Puerto Mamm-

Theatre Pavillion

The brief was to create a workspace that could also be used as a small theatre stage. Taking cues from the three dwellings the members of group 3 had created, the design became about creating architecture with unexpected qualities for wood, often by combining it with other materials. This approach was also used to create a flexible space, with furniture folding away or being slotted in the ceiling. The pavilion was designed as a group and then we each took charge of particular elements;

Georgia Follett: Wood-fabric hybrid wall and table mechanism.

Lulu Li: Counterweighted lights and fan furniture.

Kirsty Williams: Counterweighted chairs and roof envelopes.

Claire Taggart: Main structure and roof trusses.

Jiang Dong: Main structure.

Jiang Dong

Claire Taggart

Georgia Follett

Lulu Li

-Stage Set Concept Model -

The space was intended to mirror a traditional stage set, where the interior is the stage, the actors being the furniture which is capable of popping up from the floor, folding out of the walls and being pulled from the ceiling. This would work via a carefully calculated counterweight system, which is located on the exterior, the backstage area. From the outside, therefore, there would be hints of the architecture within via the moving weights and light shining out of the fabric ‘theatrical curtain’ walls.

-1:10 Squashy Seat Prototype--Early Furniture Sketches-

Limewood, Dense Sponge Centre.

-Chair Construction-

Three dimensional view of the chairs linked into

the roof structure. Unlike the lights, which are

in equalibrium, the weight of the sandbags for

the chairs will be ever so slightly heavier,

ensuring when it is not sat on it slowly packs

itself away.

Exploded view of one of the four identical chair

blocks. It is cushioned on the top for comfort

and below to cushion its connecetion to the

ground plane.

1:5 Plan view of a chair block. The pattern is

designed to be more comfy and malleable in the

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Metal hooks

Wooden pins

Wooden board with pin holes

Foam

Wooden board for foam to push against

Lightweight shell

Interlocking internal wooden struture

Pulley

Sandbag

Wooden envelopes, forming the roof structure

Hemp rope or cable depending on final weight

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-1:10 Seat and Roof Fragment Prototype-

Counterweighted with a sandbag, which would be marginally heavier than the chair,so the furniture packs itself away when not in use.

The seat base cushions the impact with the floorboards.

The sandbag string is doubled up so the floor can be clear.

-Tactile Counterweight--Theatrical Sandbags-

1:2 PrototypeEconomical alternative to polished concrete spheres. Could be weighted perfectly on site.

-Pavilion Roof Exterior-

Top Left: Truss StructureLeft: Roof Option one, attached with tensioned chords.

Above: Translucent elastic material

-Envelope Detail-

Left: Section of DetailRight: Desconstructed isometric viewBelow: Example of Tusk Tenon Joint

) Frame- transfers loads back to the primary structure.

Structural envelope- screwed to the frame.

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Wedge- hammered into place, it will compensate for any movement in the material due to moisture.

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6) Non-Structural envelope

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-Pavilion Roof Interior-

Envelopes create spotlighting and a place to store furniture and lights when needed.

-Folding Wall--Wood-Fabric Wall, Exterior Night Time-

The hybrid wood and fabric wall creates a folding table,which in turn opens a blind.

The wall pa nels can also be folded for ease of transportation.

At night, the interior pattern is revealed through a web of light.

-Adjustable Lights--Fan Furniture-

Can be kept flat to create shelving,or unfolded to create hooks to hang things.

-Mamm 2012-

Group of Bartlett and Colombian students working together.

-Pavilion Model 1:10-

Seen on site outside Mamm

-Pavilion Interior Views-

-Pavilion Details-

Clockwise from top left: seat top, hooks to make the fabric detachable, sandbag with inbuilt pulley, detachable collets fixing the roof and walls to the frame,

hook for tensioning the roof fabric,side elevation of seat.

The eclectic design can take advantage of adapted existing chairs to be more economical.

Collaborative project with the Colombian students. It aims to develop the ideas of storing furniture in the building skin. The structural grid of the theatre pavilion ceiling has been transposed onto the walls, which are made up of a series of stacked chairs and

manually controllable flaps.

-Workshop Pavilion Interior --Workshop Pavilion Exterior -

-Mamm Pavilion Interior Views-

-Mamm Pavilion-

The 1:10 model in the context of other designs