atelier vecteur: wooden welcome pavilion

‘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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