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Pavilion la Porte de la Forêt

Pavilion la Porte de la Forêt
Brauen Wälchli Architectes, Martin Handley

Pavilion La Porte de la Forêt

The pavilion sits at the entrance of the Bouleyres Woods in Bulle. Its shape echoes the curves of the nearby skatepark and pumptrack. Designed in close collaboration with a company specialising in computer-aided tube bending, the 78-millimetre steel tubes were given a double curvature to form a lattice like structure of 4.8 metres in diameter and spanning 24 metres. A translucent membrane is tensioned along each tube forming a canopy, reminiscent of a chrysalis.

photo_credit Brauen Wälchli Architectes, Martin Handley
Brauen Wälchli Architectes, Martin Handley
photo_credit Brauen Wälchli Architectes, Martin Handley
Brauen Wälchli Architectes, Martin Handley
photo_credit Morand Constructions Métalliques
Morand Constructions Métalliques
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2022
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