Venice Pavilion

One Year, 2025

Team:

Spencer Burton, Failenn Aselta,

Adler Dills, Javier Mico-Crump,

Carson Guimond, Kevin Jones, Paige Barnhart, Casper Rao,

Daphne Longmire, Soren Winistorfer, Enric Ruis-Geli,

Blumer-Lehmamn, Vector Foiltec,

Water Creek, Valley Landscape,

PFF, USM, Joba Studio

The Challenge +

Project Overview

A small yet generous pavilion, born from the collective work of multidisciplinary students. The dome encourages the gentle movement of pollinating, while bee-friendly plantings surround the pavilion. The project resolved itself through the inflated ETFE roof. Chosen for its near weightlessness, it allows the structure to hover while cultivating a greenhouse for the plantings below. The double-layered ETFE tempers extremes, softening heat and deflecting rain, yet holds warmth and moisture in to create an interior of sustained humidity and growth. A subtle lift at the roofs backing opens the pavilion to breathe, releasing excess heat.


Failenn Aselta