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INTRODUCINGA PAVILION FOR DUNHAM MASSEY BYWARREN LAMPSON SUEN

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1Aboutthe Project

From APril 1917 to jAnuAry 1919DunhAm mAsseyhAllwAsthe stAmForDmilitAry hosPitAl. oFFereD to the reD

cross by the FAmily who liveD here, the

hosPitAlFirstoPeneD with 25 beDs rising

to 52 by thetimePeAcewAs DeclAreDon

11 november 1918. intotAl 282 solDiers

weretreAteDhere.

while DunhAmDiDbecomeA sAnctuAryFromthe trenches FormAnyoFthesemen, Archive eviDence suggests thAt some

menwhocAmewithinjurieshADtogobAck

outtotheFrontorbAckintotrAiningoncetheyhADrecovereD.

to mArk the centenAry oF the FirstworlD wAr the nAtionAl trust AnDthe imPeriAl wAr museum Are embArking

onAFouryeArProgrAmmetocommemorAte

thosewhoDieDintheconFlictAnDtheeF-

FectsithADonsociety.

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the mAnchester schooloF ArchitectureAnDthe nAtionAl trustAreworkingto-getheronA PAvilion ProjectForthegAr-

DenAt DunhAm mAssey.

the Designwill be Amicro PAssive-PA-vilion, A single sPAce structure thAtshoulDProviDeshelterbutAlsobeAcces-

sibleAnDeDucAtionAl; itshoulDbeADAPt-

AbleAnDcAPAbleoFrAPiDPrototyPingAnD

oFFsitemAnuFActureAsAnexemPlArArchi-

tecturAlinterventionForAPublicsite.

thesiteForthisProject isthe wintergArDenAnDgrounDsAt DunhAmmAssey,whichAreregulArlyvisiteDbyAllsectors

oFthecommunity, Fromtheveryyoungto

theveryolD, enjoyingArAngeoFActivities

throughouttheDAyAnDtheyeAr.

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3 4insPirAtionsFrom wwi

During wwi, militAry structures liketrenches AnD bunkers DominAteD thelAnDscAPe Across euroPe. to Protect

trooPs From the enemys smAll Arms Fire

AnD Artillery, trenches AnD bunkers were

Prominently constructeD. the crAmPeD

conDitionscreAteDbytrenchesAnDbunkers

mADeliFereAllytoughForthesolDiers.

theDesignoFthePAvilion is insPireDbythiskinDoFextremeAnDuniqueconDi-tionexPerienceDbysolDiersDuring wwi.

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5eArlyDesign concePt

tAking insPirAtions From wwi bunkers

AnDtrenches, thePAvilion entrencheDAims to resemble the crAmPeD conDitions

solDiersexPerienceDDuring wwi withinA

contemPorAryDesign.

As An ArcheD tunnel in Form, the PA-vilion is DesigneD to be PlAceD AlongmAjor PAthwAy within the gArDen. with

A FrAmeD wAFFle system, not only will it

reDucethemAteriAlsrequireDtobuilDthe

PAvilionwithoutsAcriFicingAnystructurAl

strength, but itAlsoFrAmestheviewto-

wArDsthe sky. the Density oF thewAFFlegriDisoPtimiseDthAtitwillblockAnylAte-

riAlviewoFthePeDestriAn. thisresembles

theFeelingoFbeinginAtrenchDuring wwi

wheretheonlyAvAilAbleviewisuPwArDs.

by ProviDing the PeDestriAn with the

unique Feelsing similAr to thAt in

trenches, thePAvilioncAnbeuseDAsAlo-

cAtionForAnArrAtivejourneyorexhibition

Aboutthe wwi.

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7 8entrencheD

theFinAlDesignoFthePAvilionAimsto

signiFicAntly strengthen the sense oFPeDestriAnenteringit. toAchievethis, the

twoenDoFthePAvilionisincreAseDinsize

whereAsthemiDDlePArtisnownArrower.

this creAtes An vArying exPerience ForPeoPle wAlking through the PAvilion.AnD, AtthesAmetime, theexPeriencebe-

come much more similAr to being in reAl

wwi trenches, which is not regulAr in

FormAnDDePth.

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13construction & mAteriAlity

thewholePAvilion isDesigneDinAwAF-Flesystem. moDulescAnbecutbycncmAchinesFromPlywooDsheets, AnDbeAs-

sembleDonsiteintothePAvilion.

For the suPPly oF mAteriAl, A DeAl wAsAgreeDwith weyerhAeuserwhere wey-erhAeuser will be DonAting eucAlyPtus

ccx-Pts PlywooD sheets. the ADvAntAge

oFusingthisProDuctisitcAnreDucethe

costForthePAvilionAnDthistyPeoFPly-

wooDProDuctishArvesteDFromeucAlyPtus

AnDPinetrees, whichissustAinAble.

thecostFortrAnsPortAtion AnD cnc mA-chinerentingwillbethemAjorexPenseoFthewholeProject. cnc mAnuFActuring

ProcesswillbecArrieDoutin mAnchester

metroPolitAn universitysworkshoPwhere

itcostArounD 10 Perhour.

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Warren Lampson suen 2013warrenlampsonsuen@gmail.com