As part of Knoxville, Tennessee’s Urban Wilderness Gateway Project, Sanders Pace Architecture designs a new steel pavilion with an “innovative structural cantilever system.”
According to Dezeen, “Sanders Pace Architecture designed the 2,475-square foot (230-square metre) Baker Creek Pavilion as the kick off to the City of Knoxville’s urban wilderness planning initiative, which aims to reconnect the city through a 60-mile network of greenways and trail systems that connect a nature preserve, lakes, historic sites, quarries, playgrounds, five city parks and a 600-acre wildlife area.”
The design of the structure draws inspiration from the surrounding landscape and the city’s industrial history. As Dezeen reports, “inspired by the geometry of the adjacent mountain bike pump tracks and cycling skills park, the team designed a fluid but organized structure that focuses views through the pavilion to the rest of the park.”…