03 Queen Victoria Garden Pavilion
My concept is ‘Broken and Healing’ as I took inspiration from the Japanese art of Kintsugi. However, instead of using gold, I chose to ‘heal’ my pavilion with plants. I wanted to incorporate the way how nature and man-made objects can co-exist.
Summary
The creeper plants increases users’ biophilia as they gaze at the city-scape through the ‘cracks’ in the pavilion, The pavilion provides shelter for the lunchtime seminar to be held. It protects the users from the weather elements. There are small spotlights installed on the inside of the ‘cracks’ of the pavilion and also on the side of the ‘shattered’ ground pieces. This provides light and hence navigation for users at night and also accommodate for the eveniing quartet perfor- mance. The ‘broken pieces’ can provide seatings for the audiences for both day and night, and the general public.
The ‘cracks’ in my pavilion were designed to align with directions where the users can see the cityscape. This influence the duration of circulation as the users would likely pause and look through these cracks. The cracks in the pavilion also allow the creeper plants to grow, hence influencing the circulation of the vegetation. The cracks also have an impact on the threshold as it increases the extent of view inside the pavilion. With the growth of plants over time, the shadow of the pavilion would also change. Thus, the light and shad- ow threshold would change throughout time too. The entrances of the pavilion are also designed to align with major flows of people, one aligning with NGV and St Kilda Road and the other one with other pathways in the park.