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ABOUT THE PAVILION



PINECOTE PAVILION

The Pavilion is a gathering place. This simple, open building marks a place to
be used for many activities. It is a starting point for nature walks, for talks
and discussions about important things in the environment and natural world, a
place for exhibits and artistic performance, and a setting for social
gatherings.

Architecturally, the Pavilion is a symmetrical shed, resting on a base of
earth-toned brick, surrounded by earth, water, and trees. The brick pattern
expresses the basic building module—the composition and arrangement of all the
vertical columns. The all-wood structure is built of indigenous material, native
pine, and is fastened together with nails, dowels, and metal connections. There
is complete exposure of every construction element, all visible from within and
without. Every framing member, every beam, brace, and connection is absolutely
necessary to achieve structural stability.

The building is ordered by a geometric theme—a step-edged pattern that defines
the outline of the base and the roof’s outer edges. Many smaller elements, for
lighting and display, are shaped and detailed to reflect and reinforce the
characteristic geometry—to build a strong relationship of each part to the whole
and to achieve organic unity.

As the vertical supports rise from the brick pavement, there is a spreading-out
of structural members and a progressively thinning-out of roof decking toward
the edges of the hovering roof. There is a transition in the sheltering overhead
arrangement, accented by a central skylight, from close and dense to open and
fragile. This is analogous to the organic unfolding or blossoming of so many
forms of botanical growth. The imbricated pattern of wood shingles also emulate
and recall many of natures’ surfaces—the bark of trees and the wings of birds.

All wood is stained and the metal painted in colors that harmonize with the
earth and plants. Nothing has been added to the structure as mere decoration.
Ornamentation or decorative enrichment will come from the ever-changing patterns
of light and shadows that play on the closely-spaced structural elements as the
sun and moon move across the sky. Time of day and seasonal changes will modify
the shadows that frame the light and will keep the spaces in and around the
Pavilion vital and alive, continuously enhancing the poetics of revealed
construction.

--Euine Fay Jones, Architect




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