RFL Central Park Pavilion

In working with Clark Condon and the Warmack Woodlands and the property managers at Avision Young we began to look at precedents of smaller pavilions and structures they found appealing, and we found is that a butterfly roof was the common denominator in all the structures they favored. The initial design concept focused on a large reaching butterfly roof that's fulcrum came together at the pavilions mass that would be the restrooms and storage area. To allow the pavilion to become lighter the idea of fading the pavilion from solid to louvered was also introduced to help lighten the structure as a whole. | Photos provided by Clark Condon

As the Design began to move further, we began to simplify things in order to control cost eliminating superfluous items in the structure. This allowed the design to be distilled to simplistic materials and forms. The walls are to be constructed of board form concrete, with simple wood lovers above to allow ventilation to all the support spaces. The roof will be constructed of a Tongue and Groove deck with simple steel members. With the design being simplified we worked through several details to see how these pieces would come together as elegantly as possible.