Dinning Pavilion
Newbern, Alabama
Originally
designed by Albert Ulysses Mitchum II, Matthew Christopher, Kris Johnson,
and myself as an enclosed
hall and finally realized as a covered
pavilion for the Rural Studio; this project was a great learning experience
in many ways. Most of architectural education is performed in a closed studio
by one “artist.” Real architecture, however, is done by teams
of people designing, trades building, and a set of clients with endless ideas.
The parti was that of a covered shed that celebrates the modern barns of the
rural south: pre-fab metal buildings. The foundations are raised above the
group due to a site with constant soil movement. The pavilion acts a fulcrum
for the site which is the residence for second year students at the Rural
Studio.