00029 Acts of Activism, London 2022     00028 Wilcox Road, London 2022     00027 Knock Knock in Knokke, Knokke 2022     00026 AJ Pavilion for All, London 2022    00025 Artist Studio, London 2022     00024 6x6 Home for the Suburbcular, London, 2022     00023 Slow Logs, Tallinn, 2022     00022 Windflower, London, 2021       00021 Rock Paper Scissors, London, 2021      00020 The Cyprus Pavilion, 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2021      00019 House for Two Painters in Hackney, London, 2020       00018 House for a Painter in Ghana, Aburi, 2020        00017 Wind Pavilion, Brighton, 2020        0016 A Tapestry for Malmi Park, Helsinki, 2020        0015 Angler’s Hut, Winnipeg, 2020        0014 University Campus for Human Rights, Vienna, 2020        0013 Salina Archipelago Park, Larnaca, 2020        0012 Play, Walk, March: Power Walks!, London, 2020        0011 To The Singing Whale, Falkland Islands, 2020        0010 Hou Gou Fondue, Vevey, 2019        0009 Fragments of Waltham Forest, London, 2019        0008 LFA Roly Poly, London, 2019        0007 Wanderoll, Bang Lamung, 2019        0006 Pixelboom, London, 2019       0005 Floating Cinema, London, 2019        0004 Crossroads, Milton Keynes, 2019        0003 Bench It, London, 2019        0002 Anteberg, London, 2019.      0001 Free Play, London, 2019
Can you roll a building the same way a fruit rolls in a bowl?

Wanderoll pavilion has been designed to be walked on the inside and rolled into 4 different positions which “lock” into the landscape accordingly.

This constructs a dialogue between the object and the curated smooth landscape of soft crevice, making it an interactive and exciting pavilion to host the Wonderfruit 2019 events. The installation was conceived as a lightweight temporary shelter, housing an exhibition space. To fulfil the ambition of being able to roll the structure and position it in a position adjacent to its original, and for the majority of the elements to be recyclable, bamboo was chosen as a locally grown lightweight material and and the envelope was proposed as a temporary shield rather than a permanently clad facade.
Wanderoll Pavilion, Bang Lamung, Thailand, 2019           
Organisers: Wonderfruit Festival 2019, Ab Rogers Design

Collaborators: AKTII, Mamie Attwell Thomas, Maria Eugenia Villafañe

The project was selected as runner-up for the Wanderfruit Festival Sustainable Pavilion international competition, supported by Ab Rogers Design.













The tropical site conditions drove the main solutions adopted for the design. The installation is shaped as a truncated sphere of 4.5m radius, with large openings to function as windows/entrances making space at the ground for the exhibition area. The main structural element is bundled bamboo stalks, wrapping around the surface of the sphere, connected at their intersection points to create a rigid shell able to carry its own self weight and the lateral connections.


Bamboo as a construction material is light and forms structures that have a low mass-to-flexibility ratio compared with those of wood. It can be grown relatively fast (possibly on-site) and cutting and transportation costs are relatively low. Once the bamboo structure is assembled, the surface can be covered using weather-proofed Jute or similar fabric, to complete the envelope.
In relation to the large openings, edge rings tied on the bamboo structure provide an edge restrain and allow for connection at the ground. A shallow pad made from compacted ground and gravel provides a solid base for the structure’s connection to the ground in the permanent condition and to receive the exhibition and pedestrian loads.

 
 
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