IRISH HILL PAVILION

December 2024 — UC Berkeley, Arch 100C. Project Partner: Marina Emma Mezhibovsky

Located on Irish Hill, San Francisco, this pavilion is inspired by Lauren Marsolier’s “Transition - Part 3”, in which she creates tension by manipulating perspective through competing angles and low-contrast shadows. The large suspended plane serves as a dividing threshold, creating a grey space underneath, with a 20’ ceiling height. The tapered cones of varying size and height pierce the plane, connecting the two levels, and vertical circulation is experienced via natural hillside or spiral concrete steps.