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| Boulder Pavilion (Joshua Tree National Park) |
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| The site is located at the Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park. It is an enigmatic landscape of dramatic shadows cast by the weathered crevices of the boulders. The architecture intervention aims to be an extension of this exotic quality. It aims to mimic a similar experience of shadows through architectural sun-shading devices. The weathering process of the boulders is reinterpreted and graphically abstracted in the form of hole-patterns on a basic sun-shading and floor panel module. Adopting the idea of fractal geometry, a common organizational principle of complex patterning system found in nature, the basic module is allowed to multiply until it wedges against the boulder walls of the valley in the selected location. The resulting dense pattern of sun-shading devices interacts with the sunrays to generate an intricate “rock weathering” shadow pattern in the valley that is reminiscent of the enigmatic landscape. |
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| 1_Shadow-pattern |
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| 2_Site |
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| 3_Fractal-diagram |
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| 4_Bird's-eye-view |
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| 5_Structural-makeup |
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| 6_Glass-skins |
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| 7_Glass-skin-detail |
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| 8_Section-ss |
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| 9_Plan-level3 |
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| 10_Plan-level4 |
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| 11_Plan-level5 |
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| 12_Interior |
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