Inspirations
Chill.Point is a lightweight timber and fabric pavilion designed for Plaça Universitat, creating a shaded urban pause within the city. Inspired by exposed timber frames and tensile scaffold structures, it combines structural clarity with soft, breathable enclosure.
Using computational and parametric design tools, the pavilion responds to sun, wind, and pedestrian flow, optimizing geometry, material use, and assembly. Modular timber components and tensioned fabric membranes form an adaptable system—efficient to fabricate, easy to assemble, and responsive to its urban context.
Site Plan
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Design Process & Parametrization
01 – Decide the path
Understanding movement of people through the zebra crossing.
02 – Curves as guide
2 curves to control the whole geometry, all the form is derived from these curves.
03 – Divide Curve
Divide curve based on the number of frames needed for the pavilion.
04 – Join the curves
Joining the curves and using a point on curve and evaluate curve to determine center.
05 – Parametrically move points
Moving the points based on a graph mapper so that the geometry can be controlled.
06 – Join the curves for form
Joining the points and creating the base for the form of the pavilion.
07 – Extrude
Deconstructing curves and creating a ruled surface and extruding based on the amplitude derived from the curves.
08 – Loft for fabric
Filtering out the edge points and creating horizontal supports and lofting curves to be used as fabric.
09 – Kangaroo for fabric simulation
Fabric simulation using the 3 horizontal curves as anchor points and creating a weaving pattern.
10 – Horizontal supports
Horizontal supports to create the flooring for the pavilion.
11 – Floor generated
Generating a floor and creating individual elements for fabrication.
12 – Seating generated
Connected the outer lines and offsetted the curve to form seatings on the inner side of the pavilion
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Structure Diagram
Final Structure
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Form Finding
