Venice Pavilion

lightweight ETFE pavilion that hovers, breathes, and cultivates a pollinator greenhouse

Timeline

One Year, 2025

Role

Lead Co-Designer

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-Lehmann Vector Foiltec Water Creek Valley Landscape PFF USM Joba Studio

PROJECT OVERVIEW

A small yet generous pavilion, born from the collective work of multidisciplinary students. The dome encourages the gentle movement of pollinating life, while bee-friendly plantings surround the pavilion. The project resolved 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 to create an interior of sustained humidity and growth.

The challenge

Create a lightweight ETFE pavilion that hovers, breathes, and cultivates a pollinator greenhouse.

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