PULA PAVILION
The project began as a favour to friends, to propose a canopy for an existing shed in their olive grove. The pavilion consists of a closed service part and an open covered terrace – a loggia that opens towards the landscape. On the roof is a light canopy with a sea view. The starting point of the material definition was the fact that the pavilion would most probably be self-built. The materialisation had to secure anarchitecturally articulated object, despite the low-tech execution. The pavilion would stand on a cast concrete plate, the walls executed with simple rough plaster that enabled construction from concrete or any type of brick, at the same time covering all of the inevitable execution mistakes. The roof pergola would be executed from standard steel pipes, welded, and painted in situ. The wooden shutters would be turquoise coloured – an echo of the original wooden turquoise shed.
The main theme of the project is the affirmation of a “build-it yourself culture” as a point of departure. The other is the articulation of architecture as a participatory project and the amnesty of improvisation through which a new, contemporary architectural vernacular is articulated.
Project team: Anja Vidic, Jure Grohar
Pulj, Croatia, 2018