LIGHT PAVILLION

I designed a pavilion located next to the Menil drawing Institute. The requirement for this project was to pick a field condition and a conceptual matrix. I picked these conditions from two precedents. My Precedent was Steven Holl and Vito Acconci’s Storefront for Art and Architecture. I used the conceptual matrix as the outline of my Pavillion. I used minimal walls to fulfill the field condition of intersecting interior and exterior spaces. Í also fulfilled the field condition where users make their own experience by allowing multiple entry areas.My concept is to explore how light enhances art spaces.

To support my concept I explore three different elements of art in my Pavillion. I explored color, form, and texture. I explored color and form in the form of installations. I explored textures by the roof being an opaque glass that has louvers to protect the glass. The glass is to reflect the light coming from the installation to reach the art in all the spaces of the pavilion.