Linden

The first thing was the location. It was on the terrace of an architecture university in Bucharest. The specifics were an expanse of no shade in the summer and a place where people join for a smoke or a chat. Also, unfortunately, it has no arrangement of that space.

It needed a shape, something useful (and thus sun shading) and to offer a nucleus for people to hang around. A peaceful environment - such as a linden flanked alley in the same city. The small seed of this tree has a very interesting shape that served as inspiration. 

However, a project should not only have form, but also a logic behind it (besides the logic of its construction). So how can a pavilion be useful, besides what was said before? Being in a university, there are always people willing to experiment. Using materials that are experimental and making workshops of the actual assembly can help teach and develop new ideas. The construction in itself becomes learning material.

Those materials are papercrete and steel. While the former is known, the first is not so well known. It consists of a mixture of recycled paper (found aplenty after years of students delivering their projects and assignments on high quality paper), cement (also a common material), water and additives to make it water resistant when hardened.

The steel chosen for the project is in the shape of rectangular pipes, thick steel sheets, both of which are commonly available. Their method of processing can be either industrial- like in a workshop with special equipment, or on site using more rudimentary methods.

It is a structure made for the students, by the students (under supervision) and if maintained it can become a starting point for the landscaping of that terrace.