Outdoor / Structural

Iron Creek Pavilion

An open timber pavilion at the edge of a garden, stopped short of the creek in the drawing.

Type
Outdoor / Structural
Setting
Iron Creek, a fictional community
Iron Creek Pavilion, an open timber roof on posts in a sloping garden near a creek.

Iron Creek Pavilion is a roof on posts. It is written for a garden that slopes toward water, with the structure held back from the creek on a dashed setback line. There are no walls to speak of, so the joinery and the roof edge do the visual work.

The concept scope is the structure itself: footings, four timber frames, a simple roof plane, and a floor that follows the slope instead of erasing it.

Included as a fictional outdoor project, separate from enclosed buildings.

Scope

  • Footings set back from the creek line
  • Four timber frames
  • A single roof plane with exposed beams
  • A deck that steps with the slope
  • No enclosed rooms

What the drawings show

  • Open sides
  • Dashed setback kept visible on the plate
  • Beam line expressed at the eave
  • Posts that land on the slope rather than a flat podium
  • The Iron Creek Pavilion in the garden, open on all sides.
    Garden side
  • A timber post and beam joint under the eave of the Iron Creek Pavilion.
    Timber joint
  • Timber, a bolt, and a concrete sample for the Iron Creek Pavilion.
    Material samples
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