Mazzocchio Pavilion
This summer, French architects Martial Marquet and Nicolas Polaert were selected to take part in Hellowood architecture festival in Csórompuszta, Hungary.
The concept behind the structure is to stretch a punctual light to create a circular space. In order to do this, Marquet and Polaert built with their team a large wooden ring.
This truss structure offers a gradiation of atmospheres according to one’s position: for instance, one would stand under the ring, in full light, to read; one would prefer to sit near the center, in shallow light, to chat with a friend – among various attitudes and movements that the Mazzochio spontaneously provokes. The light cast on the ground materializes a defi nite area, without physical boundaries : a social zone, where one can come freely to exchange with others.
The team was composed by art and architecture students who developed with Marquet and Polaert a set of four jigs shaped like working stations. Thanks to the time and focus they put on those, they built the 24 components in one single day for a total perimeter of 48 meters.
After few weeks in csorompusta, the installation has been re-assembled on Sziget Island in Budapest (HU) for one of the biggest music event in Eurpoe the Sziget Festival.
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Design : Martial Marquet & Nicolas Polaert
Team : Andrea Ballesteros, Juan Ezcurra, Sonya Falkovskaia, Vojtech Nemec, Gabor Tajnafoi, Sari Weichinger, Carina Zabini.
Structural consultant : Pierre Brégeon / Arborescence ingénierie
Client : Hello Wood
Location : Csorompuszta, Hungary
Dimensions : 16x16x3,5m
Materials : Pine wood
Completion date : July 2015
Photos : Tamás Bujnovszky, Gábor Somoskői, Juan Ezcurra, Martial Marquet.
