MEXTROPOLI装置，墨西哥 / PPAA
这座由巴勃罗·佩雷斯·帕拉西奥斯（Pablo Pérez Palacios）与里德·伍德（Reed Wood）及Arboreal合作设计的展亭，是一次以木材为核心的结构与表现性探索。它将木材视为一种当代材料，兼具技术创新、可持续性与空间诗意。
This pavilion, designed by Pablo Pérez Palacios in collaboration with Reed Wood and Arboreal, is a structural and expressive exploration of wood as a contemporary material, capable of combining technical innovation, sustainability, and spatial poetry.
▼装置概览，Overall view of the installation
展亭被构想为一个短暂而富有表演性的装置，旨在赞颂木材的内在特质——轻盈、结构强度，以及天然的触感与视觉魅力。设计以简洁的结构为出发点，意在以最少的构件实现最强的表达力。
Conceived as an ephemeral and performative installation, the pavilion celebrates the intrinsic qualities of wood: its lightness, structural strength, and natural tactile and visual appeal. Starting with a simple structure, the project aims to achieve a powerful expression with a minimal number of elements.
▼装置鸟瞰，aerial view of the installation
▼富有表演性的装置，performative installation
展亭的核心是一根长24米、高1.2米的层压木梁，它在空间中连续跨越，无中断地悬浮于空中，如同一条漂浮的线。这根大跨度木梁并非由传统柱体支撑，而是依靠一组可旋转的垂直木板系统承托。木板按照旋转逻辑排列，当视线穿过时，它们仿佛消失不见，营造出失重的视觉感受。
▼轴测图，axonometric
The pavilion’s central element is a 24-meter-long, 1.2-meter-high laminated wood beam, which spans the space uninterruptedly, suspended in mid-air like a floating line. This long-span beam is not supported by traditional columns, but rather rests on a system of rotating vertical wood panels. Arranged according to a rotational logic, these panels appear to disappear, creating a sense of weightlessness.
▼可旋转的垂直木板系统承托木梁，a system of rotating vertical wood panels supporting beam
▼可旋转的垂直木板系统承托木梁，a system of rotating vertical wood panels supporting beam
▼强化了梁体“悬浮于空中”的印象，reinforcing the impression that the beam is hovering in space
▼木梁细部，wood beam detail
当这些木板对齐时，它们成为直接的结构支撑；而只需轻微旋转，它们便从实体支撑转化为透明界面——既允许视觉与身体穿越，又强化了梁体“悬浮于空中”的印象。这种可变的特性使展亭成为一个动态的、有生命的结构，静与动在此共存。
When these panels are aligned, they act as direct structural support. However, with a simple rotation, they transform from solid support to transparency: they allow for both visual and physical passage, while reinforcing the impression that the beam is hovering in space. This transformative capacity makes the pavilion a dynamic, living structure, where the static and the dynamic coexist.
▼从实体支撑转化为透明界面，transform from solid support to transparency
最终呈现的是一个开放、通透、几乎无重的空间，充分展现了木材的固有之美及其在当代建筑中的表现潜能。这不仅是一件建筑作品，更是一种空间体验——在体量与轻盈、重力与悬浮之间展开一场诗意的对话。
The result is an open, permeable, almost weightless space that showcases the inherent beauty of the material and its expressive potential in contemporary architecture. More than just an architectural object, the pavilion is an experience that explores the tension between mass and lightness, gravity and suspension.
▼平面图，plan
▼立面图，elevation
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Built area: 527.58 m2
Year: 2025
Firm: PPAA
Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios, Emilio Calvo, Miguel Vargas, Jonatan Reséndiz, Adriana Hernández, Paloma Martínez, Michelle Katrib, Estefanía Gómez, Rodrigo Miranda
Photography: Fabian Martinez @fabianml
