Green Agora (2020, 2022)
By Calvin ChuaConceived as a pavilion for community dialogue on nature, food and farming, the Green Agora allows native plants to grow on its modular aluminum structure and steel meshes. Once located at Ground-Up Initiative's Kampong Kampus as part of the the 2020 Singapore Archifest, the pavilion activated everyday spaces in the community to meet food production needs at the neighborhood scale.
The pavilion comprises a structural framework of patented aluminum modules appearing as a wireframe box perched atop another, and lightly clad with steel mesh. Utilizing the TUBELAR® modular system developed by The Shelter Company that allows for fast and efficient deployment, the structure's modularity allows Green Agora to be easily recycled or adapted and deployed to other sites.While initially starkly barren, creepers plan gradually engulfed parts of the pavilion over 9 months, embedding the structure sensitively within the natural environment.
Combining experimentation in construction and growing techniques, Green Agora embodies a new type of nature-oriented public space.
Furniture is kindly hosted by Ground-Up Initiative: https://groundupinitiative.org/product/gui-stools/
The pavilion comprises a structural framework of patented aluminum modules appearing as a wireframe box perched atop another, and lightly clad with steel mesh. Utilizing the TUBELAR® modular system developed by The Shelter Company that allows for fast and efficient deployment, the structure's modularity allows Green Agora to be easily recycled or adapted and deployed to other sites.While initially starkly barren, creepers plan gradually engulfed parts of the pavilion over 9 months, embedding the structure sensitively within the natural environment.
Combining experimentation in construction and growing techniques, Green Agora embodies a new type of nature-oriented public space.
Furniture is kindly hosted by Ground-Up Initiative: https://groundupinitiative.org/product/gui-stools/
