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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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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 [email protected]