Introduction

A pavillion is a freestanding  single-storey structure that serves a specific purpose. Pavillions of the most divers kinds exist. There are garden pavillions, entrance pavillions, exit pavillions, music pavillions, greenhouse pavillions, look-out pavillions(belvederes and planetariums), educational pavillions, hospital pavillions,market pavillions...the list goes on. In fact almost any freestanding single storey structure can be called a pavillion. World Exhibitions have historically been great opportunities for architectural and structural pavillion experimentation because most exhibition structures are single storey and exhibition structures are showcases for the nations that design and build them. Look at the Crystal Palace of 1851.   Expo 67, with American and the German Pavillion, the inflatable structures of the Osaka World Exhibition, For  an overview of World exhibitions 

The design problem
In this design studio we will design a variant of the pavillion type. instead of being a structure in an open park setting, as the majority of  pavllions are, we will use as  a setting a very urban site,