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Reading Pavilion

Type
Public pavilion
Site
Sample City Park
Year
2025
Studio
Design Studio III
Role
Individual
The reading pavilion from the lake path: a row of timber frames reflected in the water.
The pavilion from the lake path.

A small reading room in a public park, built from a single repeated timber frame. The frames step down toward the water so the roof becomes a shaded seat, and the gaps between them are glazed to frame views of the lake. Every joint is bolted and visible, so the structure explains how it was built. Each frame can be carried by two people and assembled without a crane. The project explores how one component, repeated with care, can make a room, a roof and a bench at once.

Plan and long section of the pavilion, with the frames stepping down toward the lake.
Plan and section, 1:50.
Four-step diagram of one timber frame assembled from posts and a beam into a glazed bay.
Frame assembly sequence.
Exploded axonometric of one timber frame with its bolted joints labelled.
Exploded axonometric of one frame.
Inside the pavilion: repeated timber frames over a long bench, with the lake beyond.
Interior at the reading bench.