Visitors can shelter beneath the overlapping petals of this pavilion in Taiwan, which is inspired by cherry blossoms and made with parabolic forms.

The lightweight temporary structure, designed by Marc Fornes, principal of NYC firm THEVERYMANY, is installed in a public park in Taichung City. It riffs on the organic undulating forms of white and pink yīng huā, or cherry blossom, but it is made with thin-shell aluminium, which nods to the park’s wider industrial surroundings.

THEVERYMANY has been designing thin-shell pavilions and installations for over 15 years. It describes its innovative form-bending structures as ‘somewhere between architecture and art, each public project aims to provide an otherworldly experience for its visitors while also contributing to the visual identity and social life of its place.’

The Cherry Blossom Pavilion’s curvilinear surfaces were developed through parametric and computational processes to produce a continuous structure where envelop and support become one. Petals provide shade from the sun and create arched openings and oculi to frame views of the park’s cherry blossom trees against the blue sky.

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