Floating Pavilion Yeosu

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Floating Pavilion Yeosu_view from the bay

Interior Stairway

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Year: 2009

Typology: Cultural, Experience

City: Yeosu

Country: South Korea

Like the eye of a storm the eyeOcean pavilion is a stable center in a dynamic oceanic world. The eyeOcean feels like a window to the elements, looking down into the rich underwater life of the ocean and forming an opening to the sky, looking up to the clouds. The Iris of the eyeOcean pavilion represents a virtual anchor point of the global water cycle, from the salty seas up to the clouds and down again to the fresh water rivers, flowing back to the seas. Floating Body The 2012 Yeosu Expo eyeOcean pavilion is conceived as a floating body, quietly resting on the waves. The body is stabilized by programmable water jets securing the exact position and balance of the pavilion. The dark skinned body is kept wet by the cyclic eruptions of the exhalation opening in the central Iris, making it shine and reflect the sunlight. Water is continuously dripping from its edges to create a cooling effect on the dark surface.

Shipbuilding Technology

The body of the eyeOcean pavilion is built using ship building technology. The two exhibition wings are lifted to find the proper balance between its own weight and the buoyancy of the ocean. The bottom floor and the roof structure are designed as a double skin structure using subdivision in separate chambers as to secure being seaworthy. By selectively pumping water in and out the chambers the whole floating structure calibrates itself continuously. The structural concept is that of flattened clusters of soap bubbles, each cluster representing a group of functional spaces of the water pavilion program. The structural concept is that of flattened clusters of soap bubbles, each cluster representing a group of functional spaces of the water pavilion program. Shipbuilding technology is applied to both the upper part of the body, the lower part of the body and the connecting composite columns. Sheets of pressure formed steel are welded to the steel skin of the body.