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MPavilion_2022 - John Gollings
MPavilion_2022

Special or Temporary Applications - 2024DA Entry MPavilion 2022 Melbourne

2022 LSAA Design Awards Entry #0857 M Pavilion

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER           0857 
PROJECT SIZE   External mesh = 370 sqm. STFE Layer = 170 sqm.  Waffle roof layer = 400 sqm
ENTRANT ROLE      Designer/Engineer
PROJECT NAME:    M Pavilion 2022

APPLICATION OF PROJECT:

The project is the 9th installation of MPavilion (an initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation) in Kings Domain, Melbourne.

The MPavilion 2022 season of free events features hundreds of local and international collaborators, spanning talks, workshops, performances, kid friendly experiences and community projects.  Designed as both a temporary summer pavilion and an enduring architectural creation.  At the end of the season MPavilion 2022 has been gifted to the people of Victoria and moved to a permanent home (RMIT Brunswick campus) to be engaged by the community in perpetuity, adding to the ongoing legacy and impact of the MPavilion project.

Award Special MPavilion2022

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

 "The design of MPavilion will require pushing the limits of the physicall and technologically possible"

"We've worked with Rachaporn Choochuey and her team in developing the canopy material and design, transforming ideas into tangible reality" said Peter Lim, Director of TENSYS.

"This has meant creating a structural system that is light, strong and able to resist the environmental forces of wind and rain, while not compromising the integrity of Rapachorn's creative vision."

"Such efforts required pushing the limits of the physically and technologically possible, reimagining materials from across the globe in new and innovative ways."

The final form started life as a hand sketch

MATERIALS

The choice of material and the layering effect can be attributed to the study of light and shading thru 3 layers of material

Outer layer – polyethylene fishing net material
Middle layer – STFE fabric
Inner layer – Fabric waffle – created with perforated PVC/PES material

FABRICATION

Net was sewn together by Oasis Tension Structures.

STFE was welded together to form the 1st and only conic form (in STFE) by MakMax Australia

The waffle layer was fabricated by Oasis Tension Structures

COLLABORATION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

Describe techniques of collaboration, the method of construction and the planned maintenance program for the structure. It is not required to submit a standard form for fabric cleaning etc:

Team effort by design team, fabricator, installers and client on a journey to realise this creation.

Going back to basics with physical models followed by physical mockups

COSTS

AUD$ 3,000,000

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