versions...

As any designer knows, you never get it right on the first try. However, reflecting on the path taken to arrive often illuminates the view at the final destination...

As things are gearing up for the upcoming DRL 10 Exhbition opening on Friday at the AA, we've been doing some back logging and digging up some of the various versions of the pavilion that have led us to where we are now.

The following images are from various stages of the development of the project and include early formal explorations of "skins", tests on sectioning and profiling arrangements, geometrical rationalization, and structural optimization. There are elements we have refined, developed, and improved. There are moments where we have had to sacrifice for the sake of constructability, efficiency, and structural stability. You win some...you lose some. In reverse chronological order...here's a few alternative versions of the pavilion...