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Polaris Pavilion. (Credit: Chad Kraus)
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Polaris Pavilion
CompanyUniversity of Kansas
University/SchoolUniversity of Kansas
Lead ArchitectChad Kraus
ClientDouglas County Public Works
The Polaris Pavilion is a universally-accessible picnic shelter at Wells Overlook Park. The concept parti sought to resolve two sets of axes, a north-south axis oriented to the natural world and a rotated axis oriented to already existing human-built features of the park. At a conjunction of these two ordering grids, the Polaris Pavilion rests in a clearing in the woods. The pavilion is organized in two volumes constructed of screw-laminated mass timber for the roof, structural timber screens and steel columns, and timber and concrete benches and tables.