여기 클라우드 파빌리온은 총 53,780개의 플라스틱병을 재활용, 구축한다. 이것은 뉴욕시내 매시간마다 발생하는 양으로 사무실, 학교, 뉴욕소재 각종 단체 또는 개인들에게 수집한 플라스틱 병을 이용한다. 수집한 플라스틱병은 알루미늄 프레임-스트럭쳐-에 외부와 내부 다른 패턴으로 구축한다. 갤런단위의 대형 물통을 이용한 외부가 공원 내 절곡된 대지의 형상을 백색 유선형태로 구현하는 동안 내부는 푸른색 물이 채워진 16, 24온스 크기의 플라스틱 병으로 구성된다. 이러한 내부환경은 빛과 푸른색 물이 반응하며 드라마틱한 지하세계를 연출하는 동시에 구조체의 자중을 증가, 추가적인 기초없이 자립적인 구조적 안정성을 유지시킨다. 지역 커뮤니티로 부터 자원받은 약 200여명의 자원봉사자의 도움으로 구축된 파빌리온은 지역의 다양한 문화활동을 보장하는 소셜스페이스로 약 50여명의 동시 수용이 가능하다.
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Tens of thousands of recycled plastic bottles combined to create this cloud-shaped pavilion by Brooklyn architecture and design firm StudioKCA, which has been named one of the winners of the American Institute of Architects' Small Projects Awards.
Recognsing projects built for a budget of less than $1.5 million with a floor area under 1,500 square metres, the annual AIA Small Projects Awards went to 10 projects this year, including the Fall House by Fougeron Architecture, a cafe for Yale University by Bentel & Bentel and an installation at the Muse
One of two pavilions that picked up honours from the AIA, the Head in the Clouds project was designed by StudioKCA for a summer exhibition hosted last year by participatory and interactive arts organisation Figment on New York’s Governors Island.
The Head in the Clouds Pavilion was developed in response to a brief calling for a "place to dream in the city of dreams", which the designers interpreted by creating a space where visitors could "contemplate the light and colour filtering through the cloud from the inside, out."
The pavilion was constructed from 53,780 recycled bottles, the number thrown away in New York City every hour.
The bottles were collected from businesses, schools, organisations and individuals throughout New York City and assembled around a curved aluminium frame.
One gallon jugs formed the undulating external surface, which gave
the pavilion the appearance of a fluffy white cloud that appeared to
have crash-landed in the park.
A matrix of smaller 16 and 24 ounce bottles covering the interior were filled with water mixed with different amounts of blue food colouring to create a random pattern over the surfaces.
Combined with the framework the weight of the water provided ballast so additional foundations were not required.
The aluminium structure curved down to form a small seating platform at the base that could accommodate 50 people.
Funding for the pavilion was secured through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter,
and more than 200 volunteers from the local community as well as arts
and architecture organisations were involved in the construction
process.
Other projects among the 10 winners of the awards announced earlier this month included an installation created out of hundreds of paper covered wire coat hangers by Matt Fajkus Architecture, and a pavilion made out of mesh fabric and aluminium that channels solar power for charging electric cars. Three more houses complete the list – Fougeron Architecture's Flip House in San Francisco, Redaction House by Johnsen Schmaling Architects in Wisconsin and Small House by Cooper Joseph Studio near Sonoma, California.
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