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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 the timePeAce wAs DeclAreDon

11 november 1918. intotAl 282 solDiersweretreAteDhere.

while DunhAmDiDbecomeA sAnctuAryFromthe trenches FormAnyoFthesemen, Archive eviDence suggests thAt some

menwhocAmewithinjurieshADtogobAck

outtotheFrontorbAckintotrAiningoncetheyhADrecovereD.

to mArk the centenAry oF the First

worlD wAr the nAtionAl trust AnD

the 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 Design will be A micro PAssive-PA-vilion, A single sPAce structure thAtshoulDProviDeshelterbutAlsobeAcces-

sibleAnDeDucAtionAl; itshoulDbeADAPt-

AbleAnDcAPAbleoFrAPiDPrototyPingAnD

oFFsitemAnuFActureAsAnexemPlArArchi-

tecturAlinterventionForAPublicsite.

thesiteFor thisProject isthe wintergArDenAnDgrounDsAt DunhAm mAssey,

whichAreregulArlyvisiteDbyAllsectors

oFthecommunity, Fromtheveryyoungto

theveryolD, enjoyingArAngeoFActivities

throughouttheDAyAnDtheyeAr.


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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

conDitionscreAteDbytrenchesAnDbunkersmADeliFereAllytoughForthesolDiers.

theDesignoFthePAvilion is insPireDbythiskinDoFextremeAnDuniqueconDi-tionexPerienceDbysolDiersDuring wwi.


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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. withA FrAmeD wAFFle system, not only will it

reDucethemAteriAlsrequireDtobuilDthe

PAvilionwithoutsAcriFicingAnystructurAl

strength, but itAlsoFrAmestheviewto-

wArDs the sky. the Density oF the wAFFlegriDisoPtimiseDthAtitwillblockAnylAte-

riAlviewoFthePeDestriAn. thisresembles

theFeelingoFbeinginAtrenchDuring wwi

wheretheonlyAvAilAbleviewisuPwArDs.

by ProviDing the PeDestriAn with the

unique Feelsing similAr to thAt intrenches, thePAvilioncAnbeuseDAsAlo-

cAtionForAnArrAtivejourneyorexhibition

Aboutthe wwi.


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8entrencheD

theFinAlDesignoF thePAvilionAims to

signiFicAntly strengthen the sense oFPeDestriAnenteringit. toAchievethis, the

twoenDoFthePAvilionisincreAseDinsize

whereAsthemiDDlePArtisnownArrower.

this creAtes An vArying exPerience For

PeoPle 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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11construction & mAteriAlity

thewholePAvilion isDesigneDinAwAF-Flesystem. moDulescAnbecutbycncmAchinesFromPlywooDsheets, AnDbeAs-

sembleDonsiteintothePAvilion.

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or the suPPly oF mAteriAl, A DeAl wAs

AgreeDwith weyerhAeuserwhere wey-erhAeuser will be DonAting eucAlyPtus

ccx-Pts PlywooD sheets. the ADvAntAge

oFusingthisProDuct is itcAnreDucethe

costForthePAvilionAnDthistyPeoFPly-

wooDProDuctishArvesteDFromeucAlyPtus

AnDPinetrees, whichissustAinAble.

thecostFortrAnsPortAtionAnD cnc mA-chinerentingwillbethemAjorexPenseoFthewholeProject. cnc mAnuFActuring

ProcesswillbecArrieDoutin mAnchester

metroPolitAn universitysworkshoPwhere

itcostArounD 10 Perhour.

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Warren Lampson suen [email protected]

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