AquaPavilion: Rainwater Shed for a Community Garden
This is the final design from a competition for a water catchment pavilion in MLK Community Garden, Pittsburgh. The pavilion is required to provide shading and harvest / store rainwater for use in the garden. In addition to being a functional piece of infrastructure, the pavilion is to encourage play and learning. The design balances the need for site specificity and extendability by employing modular structural bays. The design could be replicated in other ballpark gardens in the region with different orientation and/or length of truss system.
This project was presented to the City of Pittburgh Arts Commission Committee with construction drawings stamped by registered architect Jennifer Lucchino. The construction is done by Grow Pittsburgh contractors; student-fabricated truss pieces and the custom gutter is delivered to Grow Pittsburgh for installation.
Client: Grow Pittsburgh. In collaboration with Brandon D., Zain I., Mounica G., Yang G., Lexi Y., Caitlin D., Jack F., Veronica W., Zane B., Anirudh A., Timothy K., Gargi L., Nitesh S., Gunn C., Matthew R.
