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Shadow Garden Pavilion
Shadow Garden Pavilion
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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Other Projects by Eleena Jamil Architect
Shadow Garden Pavilion
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
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The Shadow Garden Pavilion is a temporary installation designed by Eleena Jamil Architect that sits in a small courtyard at the Shalini Ganendra Fine Art (SGFA) Gallery in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Built by lecturers and students from the School of Architecture, Building & Design (SABD) Taylor’s University Malaysia, it forms part of SGFA-led annual art program called the PavilionNOW series, which is now in its second year.
The pavilion consists of a system of pressed galvanised steel shutters connected to planter boxes by a system of ropes and pulleys that are hung from a simple timber structure. The act of opening and closing the shutters moves the plants up and down, transforming the space within and around it with ever changing shadow play. The shadow patterns created by the movements of parts suggest the close relationship between nature and architecture. The planter boxes are filled with native plants and herbs that are commonly used in local cooking and they give out an aromatic fragrance when moving around the structure.
The installation also explores traditional building methods and use of local materials. The main structure, for example, uses locally sourced hardwood – merbau and balau - in the form of rectangular timber sections. These are mainly joined together using traditional woodworking methods called tanggam, where no nails, screws of bolts are used. About 60% of the timbers are jointed using this method. Essentially, tanggam refers to a collection of traditional ‘mortise and tenon’ joints and they can be found used to build old vernacular timber structures in Malaysia.
The timber sections are cut and shaped in the timber workshop at the architecture department of Taylor’s University which took about 2 weeks and then brought to site to be assembled by the students. Assembly at site took about a week, whereas the pulley system took about 2 days to put together. The pavilion is open to the public (free admission) at the gallery for a period of six months from the 15th of September 2016 onwards. After this period, the gallery hopes to find a more permanent location for the pavilion.
The pavilion consists of a system of pressed galvanised steel shutters connected to planter boxes by a system of ropes and pulleys that are hung from a simple timber structure. The act of opening and closing the shutters moves the plants up and down, transforming the space within and around it with ever changing shadow play. The shadow patterns created by the movements of parts suggest the close relationship between nature and architecture. The planter boxes are filled with native plants and herbs that are commonly used in local cooking and they give out an aromatic fragrance when moving around the structure.
The installation also explores traditional building methods and use of local materials. The main structure, for example, uses locally sourced hardwood – merbau and balau - in the form of rectangular timber sections. These are mainly joined together using traditional woodworking methods called tanggam, where no nails, screws of bolts are used. About 60% of the timbers are jointed using this method. Essentially, tanggam refers to a collection of traditional ‘mortise and tenon’ joints and they can be found used to build old vernacular timber structures in Malaysia.
The timber sections are cut and shaped in the timber workshop at the architecture department of Taylor’s University which took about 2 weeks and then brought to site to be assembled by the students. Assembly at site took about a week, whereas the pulley system took about 2 days to put together. The pavilion is open to the public (free admission) at the gallery for a period of six months from the 15th of September 2016 onwards. After this period, the gallery hopes to find a more permanent location for the pavilion.
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