Eisteddfod Architecture Pavilion 2012
CoombsJones won and open ideas competition, organised by RSAW, for the design of the innaugral Eisteddfod Architecture Pavilion. Our design, ‘A Welsh Landscape’, creates an abstraction of a Welsh landscape and evokes the feeling of being in the wild areas of the Welsh countryside. Going beyond the boundaries of a simple pavilion, the proposal creates a wider territory for the visitor to experience.
This temporary and transitory festival, alternating between north and south Wales, brings together the essence of Welsh culture in an environment that says little about the Welsh landscape or the experience of living in the country. Instead, our pavilion is composed as a series of moments representing aspects of the Welsh landscape: hill, valley, forest, cave, and the man-made intervention within this environment.
Client: Royal Society of Architects in Wales
Team: Coombs Jones; Mann Williams (structural engineer); Eco-Build Wales Ltd (contractor); RPA (cost consultant).
Budget: £12,000
Completion: 2012