Police pavilion
This small wooden pavilion on the slope of a park is a shelter and a lookout point to the local policeman that patrol the area. the pavilion is mainly made by 3 elements, the monolithic base of concrete block, the main volume covered with black steel and the light detached roof covered with galvanized steel.
The project is located in a public park of a residential neighborhood in the western part of Mexico City. The small pavilion is settled on the higher point of the park’s topography to have a better visual control and presence from the outside. The building is deployed on the natural slope of the terrain’s topography from a concrete block basement that serves as storage and as the base to set up the light wooden structure of the Police Booth. The wooden skeleton is made up from a standard frame that repeats itself to generate the whole structure. The outer skin is made of an OSB panel covered by a thin sheet of black steel. On the inside, the skin gets softer and warmer thanks to the plywood –panels. The black exterior of the main volume helps the building to blend with the shadows of the park and the tectonic language of the wood, give a sense of an ephemeral and respectful intervention to the natural context of the park. The roof is separated from the main volume to allow natural light and cross ventilation to the inside. Each of the four facades of the building has a window that is aligned to the window in the parallel side, this was made to have a more panoramic control of the street and the park.The building has a very simple program: a resting space and a bathroom. The purpose of this building is to aid the local policeman that patrol the neighborhood 24/7 with a shelter to cover their basic needs.
