Dual-Purpose Exhibition Pavilion
An Exhibition Pavilion that Can Be Recycled and Reused
Generally speaking, exhibits on display during an exhibition can be recycled and reused, but the hard decorations on the booths are often destroyed, becoming construction waste, after only a short exhibition period. Atelier Alter Architects was invited to design a concrete exhibition pavilion this time. The question to consider here was: is it possible to make a small booth of 24 square meters reusable after the exhibition concludes?
A potential solution to the issue is to design a booth that could be dismantled and moved outdoors after the exhibition, providing the public with a resting pavilion; a form that satisfies the display requirements as well as those of an outdoor rest pavilion was therefore the ultimate design goal. The final form was obtained through careful deliberation: the folded skin was distributed across the entire surface, which met the needs of exhibition materials visible at the height of the average person; a platform for placing promotional materials was formed at seat-level, which can be used as a platform in future, and for outdoor seating; the cantilevered roof can also block sunlight outdoors, and the final form resembles an inverted sculpture.
The materials used include dry-hanging weather-resistant GRC (Glassfiber Reinforced Concrete ) and an internal steel frame, which was treated with anti-rust treatment.
