JAV101: How to Design Almost Anything
These images were created by undergraduate architecture students for "JAV101: How to Design Almost Anything." Each student was asked to design a pavilion to house a specific work of art by a well-known artist.
Rory Marks
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Rory's pavilion is designed to house Beam, a work by artist Ryuji Nakamura.
"The grand size of the structure is intended to obstruct people's views of their surroundings," Rory writes. "This is embodied in the material selection of a large concrete mass. The corridors intersect at a right angle, imitating the intersecting of two beams converging to form the final work."
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)
Giacomo D'Andrea
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This pavilion is intended to house Atlan, a work by James Turrell. "My goal was to create a serene environment in which the audience can both reflect on Turrell's work and escape from the busy world that surrounds it," Giacomo writes.
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)
Yichen Zhang
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The basis for this pavilion is Cigarette, a sculpture by Tony Smith. "The pavilion maintains a consistency in its materials in order to blend in with the sculpture, using stainless steel with a dark silver-grey finish," Yichen writes.
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)
Kexin Qiao
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This pavilion is inspired by the work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. "Ai Weiwei's artwork often consists of many single units made of traditional Chinese material," Kexin writes. "So I chose 'beam' as my single unit. Then it occurred to me that I can use a Chinese mortise and tenon joint structure to connect those units."
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)
David Siddall
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David's pavilion is meant to house The Y, a delicate, hanging mobile by Alexander Calder. "Calder's meticulous craftsmanship to create a perfectly balanced artwork encouraged me to incorporate the idea of balance into my structure, David writes. "It is a singular, free-standing form that varies in height, though the bench heights remain the same."
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)
Luca Patrick
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Luca's pavilion is designed to house Splotch 15, a sculpture by Sol LeWitt. Luca writes: "I thought that integrating the sculpture's playfulness into the function of the pavilion would be appropriate, given the space of Kensington Market, which is why I decided to create a play structure. By playing with colour and movement, I was able to create a space that feels both playful and appropriate."
(Instructor: Marcin Kedzior)