The Pallet Pavilion was de-constructed in April of 2014. The site, is now a new project, called The Commons. For more information: http://www.gapfiller.org.nz/the-commons. https://www.facebook.com/TheCommonsChCh?fref=ts
http://www.thecommons.org.nz
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ne! Gap Filler’s Summer Pallet Pavilion seeks to showcase some of the exciting possibilities temporary architecture holds for Christchurch. A visually engaging, dynamic space, it is built from wooden pallets and is intended to host live music and community events. It aims to meet a need in the city given the loss of so many venues as a result of the quakes. The pavilion is a showpiece, pushing the envelope in a city that is ready to embrace new ideas. The Summer Pallet Pavilion seeks to capitalise on the sense of excitement following the recent release of the blueprint for the city rebuild. Located on the prominent site of the former Crown Plaza, at the head of Victoria Square, it hopes to draw people back into the city and to Christchurch as it recovers from the quakes. It will be a family friendly venue and something uniquely Christchurch! The pavilion will be constructed across late October to mid November, 2012. Once complete it will function like a secret garden, with the interior being full of plants inside spaces in the pallets thanks to the creative landscape design. With a capacity of 130 people, the pavilion will be open daily with events most evenings until around 10:30pm. The pavilion will have a basic sound system and a stage of approximately 18m2 (5.4 x 6.5 m, triangular in shape). Not only will Gap Filler create a temporary structure from alternative construction materials, the pallets will go back into active service at the completion of the project. The pavilion’s temporary foundation is made up of the floor slabs from the demolition of the city’s Clarendon Hotel and are being loaned and installed by Smith Cranes who are charged with removing them from the doomed building. Upon completion of the project, the slabs will go off to become bridges over culverts for local farmers! Project Background:
The design of the Pallet Pavilion is done by a reasonable large team made up of recent graduates of architecture and landscape architecture, industry professionals acting as mentors, engineers and a lighting designer. The recent architecture graduates are Studio OKAN and the landscape architecture recent graduate is Kirsten O’Connor (Outlandish Landscapes). This team is being mentored through the design and consent process in a voluntary capacity by Camia Young (architect) Jason Mill (Architect, PIVNICE and ZNO) and Andrew Just (Architectural Graduate, F3 Design) and Matt Lester (Landscape Architect, Earthwork). Another important part of the design team are the engineers from project sponsor, Aurecon – Luis Castillo, Mark Willard, David Elliot and Rose So-Bear (structure) and Paul Martini (fire). There is also lighting designer Kevin Cawley (Lighting Design) who has come along to bring the invaluable lighting strategy for the pavilion. The design team and mentors meet weekly to progress the project. In this way, the mentors are significantly close to the design and can feed in their advice and questions/concerns. It also becomes a highly collaborative process.
