atom08:Literature Studies
The Blur Building, Diller and Scofidio, 2002
A case study which explores multi-sensory architecture is the Blur Building which is pavilion architecture of atmosphere. The form is a fog mass made from natural and man-made forces. Entry to the pavilion begins by walking down a long ramp where visitors arrive on a large open air platform at the center of the fog mass where the only sound to be heard is the white noise of the water nozzles. Visual and acoustical references are erased along the journey toward the fog leaving only an optical white out. Within the pavilion is a glass box surrounded by fog that creates a sense of physical suspension.
IBM Travelling Pavilion, Renzo Piano, 1985
Renzo Piano’s IBM Travelling Pavilion uses nature as the most important element. He thought of a travelling exhibition on informatics, or computer science, as one that can be easily set up everywhere in existing parks using a pavilion that could readily be disassembled and transported from town to town. One of the IBM Pavilion’s precedents was the contemporary and demountable exhibition pavilion, Crystal Palace. Many of the components in Renzo Piano’s IBM Travelling Pavilion were of sculptured biomorphic forms and some of these carved in wood. This suggested a particularly intimate relationship between the pavilion and the foliage it nestled in.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
It is the world’s first architectural program of its kind. Designed by some of the world’s foremost architects, the annual installation houses a program of events and remains on site for only three months. There is six months from the architects invitation to completion of the pavilion. The pavilion is for outdoor events, gatherings and picnics. There has been nine pavilions, starting in 2000. The pavilions make use of acoustical, tactile and visual qualities. all of the designs of the pavilions have changed, yet the Serpentine pavilions share five common qualities:
[1] natural ventilation
[2] response to nature
[3] natural light
[4] easily deconstructed + reusable materials
[5] construction methods + time
