ZA11 Pavilion in Cluj, Romania Designed using Rhino & Grasshopper

Article source: Dimitrie Stefanescu, Patrick Bedarf, Bogdan Hambasan

The project started out as an ambitious student-powered endeavor to design and fabricate at a 1:1 scale the flagship pavilion for the ZA11 Speaking Architecture event in Cluj, Romania. While at the same time integrating into its historically-charged context, the design boasts a strong representational power which was much needed in order to fulfill its main goal: attracting passers-by to the event. The object tries to make legible the new ontology which is slowly defined by computational architecture and is a showcase for the processes empowered by it. At the same time, the pavilion offers a sheltered space for the unfolding of different social events pertaining to the corresponding architecture festival.

• Architects: Dimitrie Stefanescu, Patrick Bedarf, Bogdan Hambasan
• Project: ZA11 Pavilion
• Location:Cluj, Romania
• Year: 2011
• Workshop Team: Ciprian Colda, Anamaria Androne, Razvan Sencu, Madalin Gheorghe
• Software used: Rhino and its parametric modeling plug in Grasshopper.