Contructed of 95 identical cardboard boxes, sheets, pins and a variety of tapes, Cardboard Pavillion was built to create a resonant chamber where soundwaves can travel through and between the walls whilst also providing an acoustically deadened space inside.
Arranged in an asymmetrical checkerboard the pattern of semi-closed apertures looks to utilise the potential of the cardboard box as both a structural and expressive element. By simply reversing the individual blocks the structural stability of the space was greatly improved as the wall depth doubled and the flaps provide bracing for the layer above. Breaking up the uniformity of the individual blocks also helped to disperse the visual mass created by the boxes uniformity to reduce overall volume on the corners and produce a more textural facade.
Given the temporary nature of this project it was important that the materials used were readily available, sustainably produced and easy to deconstruct and recycle either as individual components or a complete system.