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Architecture2 October 20261 min read

Designing with the forest, not against it

Notes from the Forest Pavilion: how a stream, a canopy and a slope drew the plan.

Designing with the forest, not against it

We mapped every tree on the site before drawing a single wall. The plan is the space that was left between them.

The stream decided the shape of the building. Instead of bridging it, the pavilion bends around it and lets it run underneath.