Portsoken Pavilion

Lead Designers Cehao Yu

Entry Description

The Pavilion is a three-dimensional form composed of an asymmetrical steel structure with sliding glass walls set between three triangular support points. It occupies some 250 m2 of Aldgate Square adjacent to two distinctive listed heritage buildings that sit either side of the square. The conglomeration of geometric triangles creates at times a clear impression and at others no more than a blur. The ethereality of the structure is accentuated at dusk by concealed lighting. LED linear strips arrayed continuously to respond the spatial forms wash the perforated ceiling with soft light creating a delicate stepped glowing layer. The high output and efficacy of the light fittings are the key to resolve the challenge of providing sufficient ambient light to the space with indirect lighting only where the reflected surfaces are limited due to the acoustic perforation. The various lighting elements divided into groups can be individually controlled to offer different lighting scenarios.