_SOUTHLIGHT PAVILION CONCEPT

 _ULTRAMODERNE POSES THIS QUESTION IN THE OPENING LINES OF ANALYSES “MUCH URBAN ARCHITECTURE IS FRAMED IN TERMS OF SOLID AND VOID: HOW TO MAINTAIN THE SEMBLANCE OF A HISTORIC CITY IN THE FACE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, REGARDLESS OF SHIFTING PATTERNS OF THE GROWTH AND INHABITATION”?

_THE PROJECT SOUTHLIGHT REACTS TO NEW ZONING DECISIONS PASSED IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE AND TRIES TO CREATE A NEW FORM OF EAST-COAS URBANISM: A.K.A THE URBANISM OF TH EXTENDED BOUNDARY. 

THE PAVILION CREATES A SOFT BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CULTURAL CENTER, THE PARKING LOT AND THE PUBLIC SPACE, CREATING A NEW INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE VISITORS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER. MOST INTERESTING IS THE VERSATILITY OF ITS USE. THE THREE SEASON VENUE LETS THE USER INTERACT AND MODIFY THE SPACE TO THEIR LIKING BY A SET OF 24 OPENABLE DOORS. THE INITIAL INTENT OF THE ARCHITECTS WAS TO CREATE A MAKE SHIFT SPACE FOR GATHERINGS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS AND CHURCH GOERS. 

THE SOUTHLIGHT PAVILION IS BUILDING FROM A MODIFIED CATALOGUE GREENHOUSE. IN ADDITION A LARGE LAWN AND LOCAL FLORA WAS CREATE TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE CULTURAL CENTER. 

_THE LIGHT IS A DOMINANT ELEMENT PRESENT IN THE PAVILION AS THE PVC PLANES WHICH LIGHT UP DURING THE NIGHT AND CREATE A SORT OF BEACON WITHIN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.