Framing the Meadow
CLT Assembly Pavilion — 30 Walls, 30 Cuts
AIA 2023 Student Best Projects Exhibition, San Francisco
Design Studio Project. All materials by the author
Project location: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Materials: CLT, steel, precast concrete
UC Berkeley. 2022
The pavilion is defined by its assembly.
CLT panels form roof, wall, and floor within a single, continuous system. Set on steel knife-plate connections anchored to concrete blocks, the structure minimizes its footprint on the park.
Construction is direct: thirty panels are cut and assembled on-site into rooms and corners, generating a range of spatial conditions (fig. 1).
Orientation shapes the space. Openings frame views, while solar exposure defines use - shaded, enclosed areas to the south and more open, light-filled rooms to the north (see wall arrangement).
On-Site Structural Assembly (fig. 1)
1 Precast concrete foundation blocks
2 Wall panels installed over steel knife plate connectors on the top of the foundation blocks
3 Floor plates connected to the wall panels through the steel angle bracket
4 Roof panels installed over the wall panels through a rabbet joint
Section through CLT Assembly
Light-filled rooms to the north
