Campana Brothers, Zaha Hadid, and Others Launch Prefabricated Pavilions

by Geoffrey Montes, Architectural Digest

When launching his new venture, Revolution, late last year, developer Robbie Antonio declared that the sleek collection of precrafted structures was meant “to essentially democratize architecture.” Offering all the benefits of high-end design but on a more accessible scale, the limited-edition series comprises mini-dwellings (ranging from 540 to 2,700 square feet) and multipurpose pavilions devised by some of the world’s most in-demand architects. Antonio, who owns an eponymous New York–based development firm, debuted Revolution at Art Basel Miami Beach with two pavilion designs, one by Zaha Hadid and the other by Gluckman Tang Architects. Since then he has been steadily expanding the available options, most recently enlisting one of Brazil’s hottest design duos, brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who crafted a versatile pavilion that would make a unique addition to any property.

The brothers clad the minimalist structure in bamboo, a lightweight material prominent in their childhoods as well as in Brazilian culture more generally. Measuring just 194 square feet, the portable pavilion is composed of three quadrilateral sides that can be configured into a variety of shapes. Any of the sides can be used as the floor, depending on the owner’s particular needs, or the structure can be unfolded altogether to create a screen. The Campanas envisioned the structure as a tranquil place to meditate and relax, ideally set on a sun-soaked beach or in a wooded locale. Revolution’s pavilions are now available for purchase and range from $35,000 to more than $450,000, depending on style and design; more information is available at revolutionprecrafted.com.

Estudio Campana’s Bamboo Pavilion is one of the 12 multipurpose structures that Revolution commissioned from some of the world’s top architects.

With three sides clad in bamboo, the 194-square-foot pavilion was conjured as a meditative space that can be moved according to owner’s desires.

Inspired by organic forms, the Volu Dining Pavilion, designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher, features a webbed floor and roof conjoined by a ten-foot spine.

The tented Bettina Pavilion by Michael Maltzan was designed as a modern beach cabana that can be used as a solitary enclosure or joined with other pavilions to create a communal bazaarlike atmosphere.

Daniel Libeskind’s easy-to-transport ReCreation Pavilion offers a radical interpretation of a classic gazebo, its acute-angled silhouette clad in rustic timber.

Ben Van Berkel from the Amsterdam firm UNStudio devised the Ellipsicoon Retreat Pavilion with a curving sculptural form composed of 100 percent recyclable polyethylene.

Prefab luxury in amazing pavilions

Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto and other big names sign the projects

by MARIANA KINDLE, CASA Vogue

The Japanese design office Muji was a pioneer in associating luxury with prefabricated structures. Robbie Antonio then launched the Revolution PreCraft project , which brings together a set of prefabricated pavilions designed by 30 renowned designers and architects, including Zaha Hadid , Sou Fujimoto , Daniel Libeskind and Gluckman Tang.

Its objective is to democratize the design of prefabricated structures. Some of the projects have already been built and presented at exhibitions, others are still in 3D, as future promises. See here a selection of products from the Revolution Precraft line.

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David Salle + Aldo Andreoli Studio (AA Studio) – Art House in the Desert

“Our idea was to make a sort of house-studio for an artist (me) and his family that could be easily set up in a location in the West Texas desert There are few obstructions, as the house was designed to ensure maximum visibility of the surroundings when you are inside.With its areas, the work accommodates different activities: writing, painting, outdoor moments and social gatherings. 

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Estudio Campana – Installation Bamboo

“We focused on a simple structure with a basic form. We chose to use bamboo in its pure and natural form because it is a light material and very present in Brazilian culture. The installation results in a portable, sensitive piece of furniture and flexible”.

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Sou Fujimoto – Infinite Ring

“Our project proposes an investigation into the ergonomics of being in private and public environments. The pavilion takes the concept of predefined spaces and wraps them around a ring, creating a continuous band of habitable spaces. The entire ring is then rotated, generating infinite configurations of spaces and infinite ways to sit, climb or lie down. The result is spatial configurations much richer than the sum of their parts”.

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Sou Fujimoto – Esférica Greenhouse

“By transporting the user to an intimate world, where only he and his plants exist, the Spherical Greenhouse intends to investigate our relationship with plants. The pavilion built as a sphere full of circles evokes the idea of ​​having a cosmos in your garden.

The space inside the sphere is flexible and can be arranged according to each one’s taste. The user shares inhabits the same space as the plants: seats become vases for plants and vases become seats for people .”

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Tom Dixon – BLOCK

“Inspired by themes ranging from science fiction to Polynesian architecture, BLOCK explores adaptable ways of living, working or playing. For us, spaces intended for such activities can be built on any terrain, with multiple configurations of shelter, from a simple kit of parts. The hard metallic exterior hides a smooth interior, with an all-cork finish”. 

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Zaha Hadid – VOLU Refectory Pavilion

“Defined by sophisticated digital processes, the structure was developed in such a way that its components are curved to the maximum. This allows the development of comprehensive projects in a complex and expressive way, through the bending of flat sheet materials , in a relatively simple process, which generates almost no waste of material”.

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Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)

Other projects:

Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Selgas Cano and Helloeverything – house A
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Daniel Libeskind – Recreation Pavilion
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Michael Maltzan – Bettina Pavilion
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Michael Maltzan – Bettina Pavilion
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Michael Maltzan – Bettina Pavilion
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Marmol Radziner – Casa Instrumental (Interiors: Lenny Kravitz)
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Marcel Wanders – Eden
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Ron Arad – Armadillo Coverage for Tea
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Ron Arad – Armadillo Coverage for Tea
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Ron Arad – Armadillo Coverage for Tea
Prefabricated pavilions (Photo: Revolution PreCraft / disclosure)
Ron Arad – Armadillo Coverage for Tea

ZAHA HADID AND SOU FUJIMOTO AMONG 30 TO DESIGN PRE-FAB PAVILIONS FOR REVOLUTION PRECRAFTED

Robbie Antonio’s “Revolution PreCrafted” is a collection of pre-fabricated pavilions by 30 top designers and architects. Some have already been built, being exhibited at Design Miami, while others are planned for the future.

The website link: http://www.archdaily.com/780887/zaha-and-fujimoto-among-30-to-design-pre-fab-pavilions-for-revolution-precraft

Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma and Daniel Libeskind design prefab pavilions for Robbie Antonio’s Revolution Project

by Kim Megson, Attractions Management

Some of the biggest names in architecture and design have developed prefabricated pavilions for real estate developer Robbie Antonio as part of his Revolution Project.

Over 30 creative individuals – including Ron Arad, Kengo Kuma and Daniel Libeskind – were invited to create cost-efficient living and leisure spaces using advanced design and fabrication technologies.

Volu, a shell-shaped dining space created by Zaha Hadid Architecture studio, was the first to be displayed when it appeared at the 2015 Design Miami festival in the US state of Florida, and now details of the project’s other creations are starting to emerge.

Here CLAD presents five of the leisure pavilions, explained in the words of the Revolution Project team.

The Ellipsicoon Pavilion by Ben van Berkel of UNStudio

The Ellipsicoon Pavilion by Ben van Berkel

“Inside-outside, light and shade, open and closed, the Ellipsicoon offers a tranquil space for either solitary moments of rest, reading or contemplation, or a cocoon-like theatre for conversation and communication. The pavilion is a space for the mind, for moments of ephemeral escape, for rumination or for simply being.

“The Ellipsicoon creates a tranquil nomadic extension to the home: a detached, secluded space of immersion in nature. The continuous sculptural surface of the pavilion is constructed from woven strands of 100% recyclable high-density polyethylene (HDPE).

“The curved sides of the structure taper inwards as they rise, enabling the rounded openings to facilitate moments of being simultaneously both inside and outside – physically and intimately connected to the surroundings and to nature, whilst wrapped and enclosed by the soft, continuous curves of the woven structure.”

https://player.vimeo.com/video/148472833

The Armadillo Tea Pavilion by Ron Arad

The Armadillo Tea Pavilion by Ron Arad

“The pavilion is designed as an independent shell structure, for use indoors and outdoors, which provides an intimate enclosure, shelter or place of reflection within a garden, landscape, or large internal space.

“In its basic configuration it comprises five moulded shells, each made of repeatable, modular components which are mechanically-fixed together with exposed fixings and stiffening brackets. The modularity of components provides freedom to configure the tea canopy to suit a number of arrangements, which can be expanded when using additional shells.

“Be it an informal garden enclosure, playroom, pavilion or place of reflection, the canopy is designed to be structurally independent, and can be installed as a free-standing element, with the possibility of additional anchoring where desired.”

https://player.vimeo.com/video/148472832

The Infinity Ring Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto

The Infinity Ring Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto

“An investigation into the ergonomics of seating in both private and public environments, the Infinity Ring takes the preconception of predefined spaces and their rituals and wraps it around a ring, creating a continuous strip of inhabitable spaces.

“The entire ring is then rotated, thereby generating infinite configurations of space-between-space, creating endless ways to sit, climb, lie down, crawl on. This results in spatial configurations that are much richer than the sum of its parts.”

https://player.vimeo.com/video/148461541

The Aluminum Cloud Pavilion by Kengo Kuma

The Aluminum Cloud Pavilion by Kengo Kuma

“A mobile multifunctional pavilion that can both be used as a teahouse when located within an interior space or as a space for meditation when placed outdoors.

“The entire structure is constructed by utilising a singular aluminium panel with six slots for joining the panels together without the use of nuts and bolts. This method is called ‘Kangou’ in Japanese construction terminology.

“These Kangou connections are loosely fitted before being fastened so that adjustments to the joints can be made. Once these panels are connected and stacked, the pavilion distorts due to its own load and each connection will gradually tighten up to provide structural stability.

“This democratic system allows easy assembly and disassembly, and provides flexibility to adjust its structure to suite to its surrounding environment and its intended function.

“Since this traditional Japanese wooden joinery method allows the structure to support its own weight and provide a warm and soft natural skin to the inhabitants resembling a nest of animals, it embodies the primitive idea of house as a place for basic human habitation.”

https://player.vimeo.com/video/148481805

The ReCreation Pavilion by Daniel Libeskind

The ReCreation Pavilion by Studio Libeskind

“In many ways human connection has become a luxury in our modern, digital world. The ReCreation Pavilion is designed with the understanding of the profound importance of real and personal interactions to a healthy and creative lifestyle.

“The design is a contemporary twist on the classic belvedere or gazebo. The open format figuratively and literally creates a dialogue with and within the surrounding context. The distinctive form of intersecting planes creates a dramatic sculpture element, while framing the landscape and providing shade. The pavilion is clad in warm timber finishes accented with stainless walls.

“The ReCreation Pavilion is place for socialising, dining or simply taking in the view – whether urban or rural.”

Two new architecture trends that you need to know about

by Property Report

Aquatecture at work: +31 Architects‘s Watervilla Weesperzijde houseboat in Amsterdam

Today, architecture is utilitarian and functional as professionals seek to find solutions to the various challenges of modern-day life. Check out these latest trends dominating architectural design right now…

Aquatecture

Floating architecture – or simply ‘Aquatecture’ – is a necessary subsection of design thanks to global warming and widespread housing shortages.

With rising water levels and continually diminishing land-based development areas, architects and city planners have been forced to explore the possibilities of building homes on the water, reports Dezeen.

Spearheaded and advised by the Dutch, whose homeland is dominated by water, many architects are now designing aquatic buildings, homes and schools that can function in both wet and dry spaces.

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“Given the impact of climate change, we can begin to think a lot more about the opportunity for living with water as opposed to fighting it and doing land reclamation,” says Dutch architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who has built a floating school in Lagos and a radio station in the Niger Delta as part of the African Water Cities project.

Other countries benefiting from Dutch expertise include Indonesia, the United States and the United Kingdom, where architects are exploring the possibilities of amphibious houses and prefabricated houseboats.

Prêt-à-Porter

Zaha Hadid’s Volu Dining Pavilion for RevolutionZaha Hadid’s Volu Dining Pavilion for Revolution

Portable structures are another new trend, whereby the structure functions as both a shelter and a work of art and can be installed wherever the owner desires. The recent Design Miami fair saw an entire series of these pavilions, designed by established and rising names in architecture, reports Telegraph Luxury.

“All architecture is bespoke,” said emerging Thai architect, Kulapat Yantrasast, who exhibited his own structure. “This is prêt-à-porter.”

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Other names who participated in the series include Zaha Hadid with the Volu Dining Pavilion, Ron Arad with his Armadillo Tea Pavillion, and Richard Gluckman with the Model Art Pavilion.

“Designing the pavilion gave us the opportunity to create something that is a sculptural object and a frame for the dynamic presentation of art,” explained Gluckman.

The man behind the series – dubbed ‘Revolution’ – is Robbie Antonio of Antonio Development. He said: “I think Revolution will be game-changing. It’s a new approach to architecture. It could extend to selling affordable off-the-peg homes by the world’s best architects.”

Prefab Pavilions by Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto, Lenny Kravitz, and More

by David Sokol, Architectural Record

According to real estate developer Robbie Antonio, “You buy prefab for two reasons—it’s fast and less expensive.” But could a building type defined by affordability also be prized as a collectible? Antonio is staking Revolution Precrafted Properties on that premise. The new company is rolling out limited edition collections of factory-built houses and pavilions. Burnishing their pedigree, the structures were conceived by who’s-who in architecture—Ben van Berkel, Sou Fujimoto, Michael Maltzan, and others—as well as eminent product designers and artists.

Antonio likens the Revolution purchase process to ordering high-end Italian furniture, in that residences and pavilions are manufactured on demand and delivered several months thereafter. In that vein, he also acknowledges that his price point for the pavilions—starting at $35,000 and approaching half a million dollars, not including necessary corollary expenses—does not reflect economies of scale.

“I’m not in the business of producing widgets,” he counters, observing that the brand still democratizes high design for a certain consumer. “I wanted to give 10 to 20 people the privilege of collecting a particular designer or architect. If those people were to build a permanent custom home, it would cost three to five times more and take two years longer, so I think it’s a pretty solid value proposition.”

Also driving cost: Antonio’s pursuit of uniqueness. The Manila-based 38-year-old has previously leveraged well-known designers to differentiate permanent commercial developments. In turn, “I wanted to benefit the end user by emancipating architects and designers [from creating] simple shapes that fit in one container and install in X number of days.” The self-admitted design fan notes that he was familiar with Revolution’s roster of talent through these commissions, as well as personal studio visits.

Richard Gluckman, whose firm Gluckman Tang designed the $120,000 Model Art Pavilion (MAP) for Revolution, concurs that Antonio encouraged creative license, within limits. While Gluckman Tang decided to devote its pavilion to art display, “We were told that it had to be constructed by semi-skilled labor in the Philippines for $25,000 and ship in a 40-foot container,” Gluckman says. The 156-square-foot result is “something I could make myself.” The assembly of lacquered solid wood, plywood, and translucent polycarbonate nests into itself inside a shipping container, and unfolds on site.

Antonio officially launched Revolution in early December, by installing prototypes of Gluckman Tang’s MAP and Zaha Hadid’s VOLU Dining Pavilion—whose futuristic, coffered clamshell form is wildly disparate from the angular MAP—at Design Miami. He says he will continue targeting the collector market by unveiling further prototypes in 2016 at the Salone del Mobile, Frieze London, and other events, and market the brand separately to other developers for large orders.

Zaha Hadid Unveils Volu, Dining Pavilion at Design Miami

by Arqa Network

 

The architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a dining pavilion in the shape of an open clam shell.

Hadid and Schumacher’s team used computer design to create the pavilion, which is constructed from laser-cut perforated surfaces of steel, with aluminum box sections and wooden ties.

“ Defined by digital processes, the pavilion has been developed in such a way that its components are separate curves ,” said the London-based studio.

Volu appears to be made of one continuous piece, and features an oval roof that slopes down over diners like a mushroom cap. The 3.2-meter-tall skeleton structure is cut into irregularly shaped sections that form a pattern across the roof and supporting stem.

The pattern is repeated on the floor of the 20-square-meter pavilion, although the gaps have been filled in with wooden planks.

” Composed of a series of structural bands that pick up in the spine and in expansion above, the pavilion pattern is guided by varying structural loading conditions ,” the studio said in a statement.

“ Through analysis of the geometry under load, the structure and skin of the canopy have been digitally optimized to remove unnecessary material, resulting in the lightest possible design solution – following an organic structural logic that recreates many of the the same principles found in nature. 

The structure houses a circular wooden dining table, accompanied by three curved benches that can accommodate up to ten people.

The piece has been commissioned by property developer Antonio Robbie for his Revolution project, which invites international architects and designers to create prefabricated living spaces.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7mCk2_ERII

Source >  http://www.dara.org.ar/index.php/zaha-hadid-presenta-volu-pabellon-comedor-en-design-miami/

Volu Dining Pavilion | Zaha Hadid

by Khuskboo Vyas

From shoes to urban marvels; what does Zaha Hadid NOT design? ‘Volu’ the dining pavilion, her latest brainchild, was just revealed at this year’s Design Miami Fair. Designed along with Patrik Schumacher as a team, this piece is an artistic installation with an overhead sculpturesque canopy. A prefabricated gazebo has been designed to frame and sustain a dedicated dining area. This pavilion is one of the first specimens to be exhibited at Design Miami 2015, an initiative conceived and sponsored by Robbie Antonio. As a collective, Design Miami unites more than 30-star architects, artists, and designers around the world to create prefabricated and cost-effective living spaces. The highlights of this contemporary pavilion include its shell-like form and the state of the art computational skeleton. Though Volu seems to be monolithic, it is actually an assembly of irregular laser-cut polygons fixed within perforated steel elements. “Defined by digital processes, the pavilion has been developed in such a way that its components are, at most, singly curved. Comprised of a series of structural bands collecting at the spine and expanding overhead, the patterning of the pavilion is guided by the varied structural loading conditions,” says the design team.

The entire structure is supported by a 3.2 m tall steel stem at the back, which then extends and flattens upwards to form the cantilevered elliptical canopy. This cover gradually bends towards the periphery. The skeletal steel members continue over the top and disperse downwards to form the deck. While the gaps in the overhead frame are retained as voids, the framework in the deck supports individual wooden planks, while spreading outwards to hold the 20 m wide pavilion. The firm explains the structural trait of the design by saying “Through the analysis of the geometry under load, the pavilion’s structure and skin have been digitally optimized to remove unnecessary material, resulting in the lightest possible design solution — following an organic structural logic that recreates many of the same principles found in nature.” The shell is just one part of the design houses the exclusive limited-edition dining table designed by the same firm. The circular dining table as if carved out of a singular log of wood, evinces the same monolithic yet lightweight character, as that of the pavilion. The dining table has a flat circular disk supported on a stump. Around this, are three more curved benches. Altogether the elements craft an exquisite space for dining, no less intelligently contrived than the most complex parametric precedents by the London-based firm.

https://youtu.be/u7mCk2_ERII

Project Info:
Name: Volu Dining Pavilion
Designer: Zaha Hadid + PatrikSchumacher
Type: Dining Pavilion
Dimensions: 6m  x 4.6m  x 3.2m
Floor Area: 20 sqm

Zaha Hadid Creates Prefabricated Volu Dining Pavilion For Design Miami

by Ramon

 

Design Miami 2015: architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a short-term dining pavilion shaped like an open clam shell and manufactured only from sheet material.

Dining pavilion by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher at Design Miami 2015

Hadid and Schumacher’s team employed computational design to produce the pavilion, which is constructed from laser-cut and perforated steel surfaces, aluminium box sections and timber loops.

Dining pavilion by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher at Design Miami 2015

“Defined by digital processes, the pavilion has been developed in this kind of a way that its parts are, at most, singly curved,” stated the London-based practice.

Volu appears to be made from a steady piece, and features an oval roof that tilts downwards above diners like a mushroom cap. The skeleton of the three.2-metre-tall construction houses lower-out irregularly-shaped sections that kind a pattern across the roof and the supporting stem.

Dining pavilion by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher at Design Miami 2015

The pattern is repeated in the floor of the twenty-square-metre pavilion, though the gaps have been filled with wooden boards.

“Comprised of a series of structural bands collecting at the spine and expanding overhead, the patterning of the pavilion is guided by the varied structural loading situations,” said the practice in a statement.

Dining pavilion by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher at Design Miami 2015

“By way of the evaluation of the geometry beneath load, the pavilion’s framework and skin have been digitally optimised to eliminate pointless material, resulting in the lightest attainable style answer — following an natural structural logic that recreates several of the exact same concepts identified in nature.”

The structure houses a circular wooden dining table, accompanied by 3 curved benches that can seat up to ten diners.

The piece has been commissioned by residence developer Robbie Antonio for his ongoing Revolution project, which invites worldwide architects and designers to create prefabricated residing spaces.

Video displaying the layout and building method of the Volu pavilion 


The task has already witnessed temporary spaces made by names like Ron Arad, Kengo Kuma and Sou Fujimoto.

Volu is put in inside the collector’s lounge at this year’s Design Miami fair, which is taking place from two to six December 2015. A sculptural table by Janne Kyttanen and loopy chairs by ArandaLasch are also on show at the event.

Hadid at present has a higher-rise residential tower under building in Miami, and was selected by the City of Miami Beach to design and style a parking garage at Collins Park in 2011.

Backyard dining, Zaha Hadid-style

by Adam Williams, New Atlas

Iraqi-British starchitect Zaha Hadid recently turned her considerable talent to designing a prefabricated pavilion. The Volu Dining Pavilion is currently on display at Design Miami and available for purchase in a very limited edition – with a reported price tag of US$480,000.

Hadid designed the Volu Dining Pavilion with Patrik Schumacher and it was commissioned for the Revolution Project. Curated by developer Robbie Antonio, the project brings together over 30 international architects and designers to create high-end prefabricated living spaces, including pavilions and entire homes.

The clamshell-shaped structure follows Hadid’s usual design language, but one can’t shake the feeling that it looks a little phoned-in, or perhaps the architect’s signature style simply shines more brightly on the larger building-scale designs.

The renders depict wooden shading in the roof cells, but from the pictures at least, the Design Miami model doesn’t appear to feature them
Zaha Hadid Architects

The Volu Dining Pavilion measures 6 x 4.6 x 3.2 m (19.6 x 15 x 10.5 ft), and includes a wooden dining table. The total footprint comes in at 20 sq m (215 sq ft).

We don’t, alas, have a great deal of information on how the pavilion was constructed, other than the process was computer-aided and laser-cut. Bloomberg reports that it comprises wood, stainless steel, and aluminum, and that it’s available in limited numbers for a cool $480,000 each – so it’s probably not one for the Christmas list.

If you’re still convinced its right for your backyard, you can head to the Revolution Project to make enquiries. You can also check out the Pavilion in person at Design Miami, which runs until December 6.

Sources: ZHARevolution Project