The Interactive Space Pavilion
The Interactive Space Pavilion is a prototype for much larger and more complex structures that explore ways in which the merging of interactive art and architecture can expose new methods, through which the built environment can be elevated to new aesthetic and functional heights.
This prototype pavilion was designed as a small personal retreat for two people, placed into the high desert landscape of New Mexico, near Santa Fe. It was designed from a series of modular curved components that were connected together into a free-formed assemblage. Each of the modular curved components consists of a steel support frame, and six solid panels hinged together forming one large flexible solid panel. There are four of these modular curved support frames and eight flexible solid panels connected together forming the entire canopy of the pavilion, along with a platform, two lounge chairs, and a storage pod, located under the canopy. Each of the eight flexible panels can be moved back and forth through the support frames into many different configurations with the click of a modified garage door opener. The flexible panels are moved through the support frames with small electric motors attached to cables.
This ability to move the solid flexible panels into various locations within the support frame, allows the occupants of the pavilion to choose the kind of space they want to experience. These choices can be based on the manipulation of light, airflow, privacy, and/or aesthetics.
This small experiment will hopefully lead to more expansive explorations into the potentials of interactive art and architecture structures, which have the ability to change in time relative to changing needs and/or desires. This ability of structures to adapt to changing requirements is a logical progression and advancement over conventional structures that are stuck in space and time.
Status: Unbuilt
