Hyalite Pavilion Design/Build ProjectHyalite Pavilion Design/Build ProjectMontana State University 2008-10Montana State University 2008-10Bruce Wrightsman, Assistant ProfessorBruce Wrightsman, Assistant Professor

Site: Day-use area Hyalite Reservoir

to make a visit to Hyalite Pavilion a to make a visit to Hyalite Pavilion a legible experience—one that helps legible experience—one that helps people understand the forces of people understand the forces of ecology and the nature of the ecology and the nature of the landscape through the landscape through the architecture.architecture.

Project started in the fall of 2008 and completed in Summer of 2010

design andresearch prototyping field testing

Fall 2008 471 (program)

Spring 2009 525 (stone) 525

Summer 2009 551/458 551/458

Fall 2010 471 (site)

Spring 2010 525 (site design)

Summer 2010 525 (fabricate 471 fall_2010)

Spring 2011 471 (redesign of barbeque lids)

471 = independent research project525 = graduate seminar551/458 graduate/undergraduate split studio

Hyalite Pavilion: Iterative schedule of experiments

testing

feedback

feed

back

Versioning: required rethinking the design process in terms of procedure and outcome. A non-linear process where versions are created, and then interrogated on series of criteria, and new versions emerge that are superior to the previous iteration.

R e m o t e n e s s

Understand the limits…

At the site, the interface between materials and technique are problematic, and their interface can itself become a design element.Students developed an ethos of making through the physical engagement of materials and methods.

Feedback Loop: Creating prototypes

Prototype 1

Final Prototype

Summer 2010Final Installation: railing and cap

Section of bench prototypeARCH 471 – Fall 2009

final bench prototypesummer 2010

Jig for making base plate cuts

Jig for making Sonotube footings

Rebar footing cage mock-up

Testing footing setup at site

Tooling: The process of providing a factory with machinery in preparation for production. The making of a ‘tool’ that will allow you to mass-produce a part

• Often creating machines, jigs and templates

Respect what you can not see …

Testing footing setup at site

IT WORKED !

Every stone has a home... Sometimes you have the wrong stone

Deliberate slowness…

The project won a 2010 AIA Montana Honor Design award.The jury noted the reason was the attention to craft and detail.

Hyalite Pavilion Design/Build ProjectHyalite Pavilion Design/Build ProjectMontana State University 2008-10Montana State University 2008-10

Bruce Wrightsman, Assistant ProfessorBruce Wrightsman, Assistant Professor