Pavilion architecture

Duduk-duduk is an informal Malay saying which describes a leisurely activity of sitting or relaxing while chatting or eating. This small pavilion is named after this activity to describe its potential use as a place to stop and rest for visitors visiting Kuala Lumpur’s Tasik Titiwangsa Park. It is designed and built for the park in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival 2024. It sits at its current location until December 2024, when it will be moved to a new, more permanent one.  Courtesy of Eleena Jamil Architect The design is a ‘twist’ on traditional wakaf structures: small open pavilions made from local natural materials like timber or bamboo with raised floors and large overhanging roofs. Du... More

Michan Architecture, Colectivo seis, Taller Paralelo and Kababie Arquitectos designed a brick pavilion unveiled at the fith edition of the Méxtropoli architectural festival 2018, in Mexico City. ‘Pabellón ( )’ was thought as a space for contemplation and reflection, which arises from the abstraction of a collapse, representing earthquakes.  Jaime Navarros The pavilion was committed not only in the memory of the catastrophe and its perpetual echo, but also to the action of change. After its short life in Méxtropoli the structure’s partitions will be donated for the reconstruction of houses destroyed in San Gregorio Atlapulco during the earthquake of 2017. Jaime Navarros Jaime Navarros... More

'Locals,' designed by MxM from the Netherlands, is an architectural gem in Geldermalsen (NL). The building is located on the outskirts of the village, at the intersection of the renovated harbour, the newly landscaped park along the Linge River, and the town centre. Through this addition, the village, which has always had its back toward the river, is now connected to this tourist attraction. Locals is the gem that brings together all these different elements through its unique and well-thoughtout architecture and its central location. Notably, the carefully crafted wooden cladding, resembling a meandering river, adorns the glass facade as a tribute to the Linge River. The geometric shape of the building embraces the park and the harbour, w... More

In 2009, in the southern zone of Yucatán, in México, a group of young students, sons and daughters of Mayan farmers belonging to the rural community of Dzán, whose economic support consists mainly in the farming of citrus, moved by their “change their world” reckless enthusiasm, took the action into working together through science and culture with the purpose of inspiring the most vulnerable sector of the population: children and young adolescents, whose school dropout, substance abuse rates and lacking of vocation were rising. That’s how they decided to found the Scientific Community of Dzán, a non-profit organization that pursuits the empowerment of their own community through the making of l... More