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stars and archItecture
the facades of the pavilions will interact with the stars
and sun through the wall’s perforations and altitude. at
the Water pavilion the stars would raise over the edge of
the wall and you could follow their path over the night on
the water, and different stars and planets would show
their ‘‘journey’’ during certain periods of the year. the
experience would change for adults and kids given their
height difference, but always having the north star in
the middle of the pool as reference. at the fire pavilion
the openings on the wall would show cosmical events
that will take place during one specific night of the year,
framing a more scientific interaction with the sky. and
finally the Pergola will have a more playful interaction
with the sun which is the prime example of our
relationship with the stars although frequently forgotten.
having the mountains view as its backdrop during the day
structure
the pavilions have the same structural logic, composed
by bent glulam columns and the bracing would be
conformed by a stiffening “ring” on the top that would
take the horizontal forces made also by glulam united by
finger joints on two points with the wood going on three
directions to work better with the fiber directions. as well
it would have a series of beams underneath the flooring
to reinforce the structure. the Bent columns would show
in its morphology the fantastic versatility that wood can
have.
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fIre ground floor
Water ground floor