Hypars Pavilion

ARC 107 Introduction to Architecture Design / Fall 2022 / Instructor Iman Fayyad

This pavilion was inspired by Barbara’s sculpture, Orpheus, in which she used nylon strings and metal sheets to create an instrumental and dynamic movement. I am curious about using straight lines to form concave and convex spatial language.

For this pavilion, I implement the shape of the hypars as walls by mirroring, rotating, and scaling the hypars to create an order. I intend to find chaos, dynamic structure, or differences through order. To achieve this, I add a void in the middle, which allows the visitor to go up and down.

Stairs’ size varies and could use as “walls.” When visitors enter the pavilion’s first floor, it is open and welcoming. When visitors enter the second floor, it contains large and small room spaces for human interactions with sculptures, individually or with groups.

The pavilion does not work as a directional tool. The scattered or open spaces allow for diverse interactions between the visitors and visitors, visitors to sculptures — an immersive experience.