‘welcome pavilion’ by atelier vecteur front door of the courtyard images © paul kozlowski
french architecture studio atelier vecteur has designed the ‘welcome pavilion’ for the festival of lively architecture held in montpellier, france. in the middle of the saint cômes courtyard a monumental wooden cube is conceived. built out of over a thousand timber sticks of different lengths, the rectilinear straight cube frame provides a provocative invitation to the public from the street. once situated in the courtyard, the visitors can explore the pavilion, where the structure reveals a juxtaposition between two seemingly contradictory forms—a straight, stiff cube and an irregular egg-shaped protrusion.
front face of the cube
interaction
timber sticks detail
interacting within the space
information display
interior view
view through
timber stick detail
timber stick detail
back face of the cube
back door of the courtyard
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