Diffused Pavilion
Is the mission to create a space of encounters for Universidad del Bío-Bío, School of Architecture Construction and design, during the “Feria Deco Diseño 2013”, in the city of Concepción, Chile. The four majors that compose the school have two relevant aspects: the tradition and the territory. After founding the oldest schools in the south of Chile, its origin constitutes a dominating relation in the region, manifesting its identity and positioning.
The region that gives its name to the university, is a historic border territory and hallucinating contrasts; always humid forests, mountain chains and sea; rivers, water bodies. The constant humidity covers with mist the cities and its surroundings during great part of the year, producing different opacities and visual densities all around.
This lucky diffused ambiance, is what creates the pavilion. Though out a layout with a spiral shape, it proposes maze spaces that surrounds the visitant gradually. Once entering the space, figures are blurred out with the veils; the perception of deepness between the interior and exterior is barely perceivable. As people walk through, diffused silhouettes appear of visitors walking through this ambiance; a game of shadows superimposed in space, provokes that the distance with the surroundings turns unlimited.
The illumination is composed by seven light bulbs that float at different heights, distributed in specific points of the pavilion. From high up hang switches to reach the hands of the visitor, the bodies appear or disappear once the light is tuned on or off. In the center of this diffused maze, appears out of focus, isolated of the exterior views; appears a small garden, a stop to rest between the vegetation of trees, bushes and flowers that perfume the place.
Constructively the pavilion has a floor plan of 10 meters, with a height of 8 meters. The space is composed principally by veils. The 20 pieces of 3m x 8m fall from above, aliened with strips of pine wood of 19x30 mm.
Each elevation exhibits a graphic canvas printed in Mesh Net, that indicates the access and presents each of the majors of the school.
The 24 pieces of textiles hang from a steel grid, composed by 8 modules of 2,5x5m in a RHS profile of 20x40x mm. Reinforced with 6 bars of channel profile 80x40x3mm of 6m and 3m long.
The installation of the steel structure of 100m2 hangs from two tensors that has 4 tenses each. Raised with 2 tackles from specific points in the structure until it reaches 8m, from the ground
The diffused space seams to float above other spaces in the exhibition. Due to its shape and proportions it turns into a landmark in the space. A great space with no solid structure, just the fragilities of an ambiance where the visitor has the lead role in a walk though to play and get lost.