The Folding Mirrors Pavilion is one in a series of small interactive structures (designed as personal retreats) that allow the users to change the shape and/or function of the pavilion by folding the hinged panels into many different configurations.
In this case, each of the five faces of an eight foot cube shaped support frame have been fitted with three hinged, mirror clad panels. Two of the diagonally shaped panels have been hinged to the support frame, and one has been subdivided again and hinged to itself. All of the panels can be folded flat into the support frame, and/or any of them can be folded in different ways out from the frame to form different kinds of spaces.
In this way, the surround landscape and the people in and around the structure can be interacted with in unexpected ways, by fragmenting their reflections with the movement of the mirrored panels. This creates a new kind of interactive space that merges the fragmented reflective surroundings, with pieces of the non reflected surroundings that leak in through the mirrored panels.
Status: Unbuilt
