Location Project Management Structure and Frame

Kensington Gardens, London, UK Mark Robinson and Julia Peyton- William Hare Ltd., Corus
Construction Period Jones, the Serpentine Gallery Glass Fabrication and Installation
2002.1 ~ 2002.7 Construction Management Saint-Gobain Glass, Seele
Type of structure Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd. Aluminium Panel Fabricators
steel frame Planning SAS International Ltd., Sheetfabs (Nottm) Ltd
Building area City of Westminster Planning Contractors
309.76m2 and Transportation Department, Avondale Construction Ltd. (joinery & labor)
Architectural Design Montagu Evans Laing O'Rourke Plc. (Plant & materials)
Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond Planning Supervisor Siteco Ltd. (lighting systems)
Project Architects Bovis Lend Lease Ltd. South London Timber Co. Ltd. (timber supply)
Takeo Higashi, Hiromi Hosoya T Clarke Plc. (Electrical)
and Takayuki Miyoshi, Toyo Ito & Furniture Design
Associates Ross Lovegrove
Structural Design
Charles Walker and Daniel Bosia, ARUP
THE PROJECT

The pavilion is a white rectangular block 17.5

meters on each side and 5 meters of height.
The interior space lacks internal support
elements.
diagonal columns and roof beams 5-10 tons;
ply-wood floor;
made in factory and composed in building site;
joints: screw and weld construction;
There are no doors or windows, but a continuous
surface that functions as structure and as
decoration
the design of the structure was developed, via an
algorithm of a square which expands while
rotating.
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Concept ? Previous projects
The pattern that Ito uses for this pavilion is in
collaboration with ARUP. The ARUP team comes with a
geometric algorithm.
The base of the algorithm is formed by a square plane;
By drawing lines, while following the lines the edges
are 'roving' across the plane at an angle.
The angle is defined by drawing a line in a certain
relationship between the different sides of the plane, for
example, from a midpoint from one side to a third on
the other side.
As this is continued for each side, each square is fully
embedded in the previous one and rotates only.
By repeating this 7 times, a pattern appears. The change
of the relations between the parties, will give a different
result.
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Patterns

Half to one-third rule (1/2 -1/3) Square rotates 7 times to its final position
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Patterns

Pattern analysis and span Primary and secondary members

THE PROJECT
Patterns

Building elevation forming by

folding the pattern into a box.
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Patterns

Building orientation and

circulation. North-south

Analysis of openings and circulation

THE PROJECT
Patterns

Building orientation and

circulation.

Analysis of openings
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Patterns

Further analysis of pattern of

geometry with other forms

Toyo Ito and Cecil had

Another form in mind
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STRUCTURE
The support structure is provided by the
intersection of the lines, forming an
irregular Diagrid-single layer grid,
constructed from elements that can be
made of diagonal steel members.
The edges of the squares act as the main
structure, the secondary structure is
made by extending the lines of the
pattern.
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Electrical
CONSTRUCTION cable passed
under slab
The entire pavilion is placed on a double T-shaped
steel mesh with beams.
Above this grill is placed a plywood floor that is
"cut" by the wrapping lines of the box. Ito uses
the floor to also create a "break" effect on the
floor, by replacing plywood with lawn. One can
see the grass appearing through the ground, the
box is beginning to "disappear".
The lines of the plant are transformed into a steel
structure of 550 mm that envelopes the rest of the
pavilion, creating a depth between the exterior
and the interior.
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CONSTRUCTION

The perimeter vertical elevation is made of steel

plates 550 millimeters in thickness, welded and
constructed completely in the factory, including
holes for the assembly.
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CONSTRUCTION
380 panels with variable
thicknesses from 12 to
50 mm, completely
made in the workshop,
numbered and
assembled on site.
they are made with a
steel frame formed by
elements of rectangular
section and an
aluminum plate.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Lightness
Frames and grids
CONSTRUCTION
infinite
To make the assembly of the pavilion faster and
easier, they made use of zoning. By dividing the Sub-division
model into different zones, thus building the
pavilion phases.
This also shows that the building is a light
structure in terms of affect.
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SCALE
Defined as size of on part in relation to
another
Individual parts of the building relating to
each other
How the project relates to the size of the
human body

AFFECTS
According to Fashid Moussavi affects are pre-
personal intensities transmitted by form.
They are embedded forms with the ability to be
perceived as in many ways.
This perception is in two stages.
1. Pre-personal affective relationships between the
human and the building form.
2. Affects are then processed by the senses to
produce thoughts , feelings and emotions.
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