Several days ago we introduce you Izaskun Chinchilla’s proposal for 2015 City of Dreams Pavilion. Today we bring you the team who was co-winner with the spanish architect, the New York based team BanG studio, whose proposal is called Billion Oyster Pavilion.

Both teams, as we presented in METALOCUS, have been awarded with the 1st prize of the competition which looks for proposals for the construction of a outside activities pavilion. Previously we introduced you Izaskun Chinchilla’s project, Organic Growth, and today we bring you BanG studio's winning pavilion called Billion Oyster Pavilion.

The contest seeks proposals for the construction of a zero impact pavilion, in constant dialogue with the environment, as well as new ways of design and construction.

Description of the project by BanG studio

The Billion Oyster Pavilion joins two of Governor’s Island most exciting enterprises: Figment’s City of Dreams and The New York Harbor School’s Billion Oyster Project. BanG has partnered with Sam Janis of the Harbor School to develop the project as both a source of publicity and a source of material for the Billion Oyster Project (BOP).

The Billion Oyster Pavilion is constructed entirely from materials used by the Billion Oyster Project, and at the end of its seasonwill be re-used directly on Governor’s Island by the Harbor School. The materials that form the woven canopy can be assembled into “Oyster Condos,” and the concrete elements at the base are directly usable as “Reef Balls.” The BOP uses both Oyster Condos and Reef Balls in creating new oyster habitat in New York’s waterways. By re-using materials on the island, we eliminate the need to transport them a second time.

In addition to providing material, the Pavilion will also bring publicity and awareness to the Billion Oyster Project. The public will have the opportunity to see and understand two of the key technologies used by the BOP and to learn about their use.

Text.- BanG studio.

CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-

Architects.- BanG studio.
Proposal name.- Billion Oyster Pavilion.
Occupancy.- 50 persons.
Result.- Winning proposal of 2015 City of Dreams Pavilion.

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BanG studio is the collaboration between Babak Bryan and Henry Grosman. Central to our practice is the belief that our work is the resultant artifact of processes set in motion by us, as designers. While that artifact may exhibit great complexity, we believe that the only productive and interesting complexity arises through the layering of simple, well-understood processes that are controlled with precision.

For us, the ultimate power of design is its ability to effect change in the world. Much of our work layers many simple processes to create complex constructs that generate sensation, mood, feeling, and atmosphere. We produce spaces and objects that make visitors stop, take notice of the world around them, and see it in a new way. We believe the power to provide novel types of experience and meaningful social interaction is the most potent element that defines us as practitioners.

Our practice embraces recent technological advances in computing, because they are instrumental in articulating geometrical, mathematical, formal, and data driven processes. We also engage the notions of discipline and craft which can be better- equipped to deal with other kinds of physical, material, and social relationships, that are important in our work. A significant component of our practice involves the non-standard use of typical materials and an engagement with new material and construction techniques. Our use of contemporary digital fabrication techniques stems from their power to combine digital/ computational processes with physical/material realities in ways which generate new and complex relationships. The constant oscillation between physical and digital has become standard operating procedure in our practice.

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