Inducting Pavilion
Instructors: Cory Zurell, Fiona Lim Tung
Team: Ayden Ryan, Adebola Adebiyi, Sean Rabinovich
Media: Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Lumion, Vray, Illustrator & Photoshop
Project Status: Workspace Pavilion Concept
Summer 2019
Concept
Studying regions are important to any university student. It is necessary for any university around the world to have unique spaces that allow students to focus, collect more information and communicate with each other. There are many studying regions around the main campus at the University of Waterloo, none of which provide natural light or possible vegetation interactions.
The main focus behind the design of the Inducting Pavilion was mental health, as encounters with natural sunlight and vegetation have been shown to reduce stress and boost memory. The pavilion was designed to capture all of the prime studying region essentials that were originally missing from the university. The pavilion integrates effortlessly natural sunlight qualities with technology, anonymity, and connections with the public.
Between the two major universities in Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier and the University of Waterloo, the planned pavilion would sit in Waterloo Park. This will help to facilitate the mutual relations between the two major universities, bringing together students from both schools. The location of the site is close to public restrooms and parking lots, but away from high-traffic areas.
The pavilion's design is divided into two circulation spaces, taking into account that each student studies in different ways. Private research cubicles are allocated to the north side of the pavilion while the south end is planned for group study. The two spaces are divided with glass opaque walls on either side to prevent sound and field of vision from spreading from one side of the pavilion to the other. The plan's center core is part of the courtyard area, accessible through one out of eight entrances and exits.
Materials
The pavilion is designed with a Concrete and View Dynamic Glass combination. View Dynamic Glass automatically tints when the sun penetrates through it, preventing the interior of the pavilion from increasing in temperature and cooling the room with shading instead.
Technology
Certain sections of the View Dynamic Glass around the pavilion will be occupied with transparent solar panels. Throughout the day, these solar panels would capture the energy released from the sun and store the energy within the pavilion, as an Inductor would. The energy transmitted from the solar panels would then be used for sockets, illumination, and wireless charging that would take place within the countertops inside of the pavilion.
Structure
The structural system was carefully curated in order for the load to travel to the ground with ease, this was done by arranging "major foundation" points around the pavilion. Indicating most of the larger rings, that are carrying the dead load, will flow and form with other large rings around the skeleton forcing the load to the ground at structural points around the inside of the pavilion. The rings are grounded to a foundation that follows the path of the pavilion’s circular floor plan. There are two structural hierarchies dividing the concrete “rings” or “arches” that surround the pavilion. The larger rings are in a continuous weave following the pavilion and carry all the dead load, while the thin rings are constructed for design purposes.
Physical Model
The 1:10 scaled model enhances the elegance of the structural design for the overall project. The clean-cut crisp material colours that were chosen for the model creates a striking complete and accomplished structural study. The countertops, flooring, and site were all laser cut from plywood to their correct scaling. The guitar-wired trees were added to continue with the on-going theme of simplicity and gives an overall modern look to the entire model.
For the structural rings to function correctly, the architectural three-dimensional model for the pavilion had to be built as accurately as possible. This required a mock shell shape that would need to be created virtually. The entire ring structure was 3-D printed into two different halves, which would then interlock with a specific ring relation, making the whole skeleton structurally intact as one family member.
