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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

Three interlocking freeform sections serve to counterbalance each other and thus lend the overall form greater stability.

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Torsten Seidel

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The shape and design of the pavilion’s biomorphic outer shell are the product of an intense formal exploration of parametric design strategies in dialog with traditional Arabian ornamentation.

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Torsten Seidel

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The individual roof elements are fastened by means of intelligent node connectors that are able to combine in a single connector all the different connection angles of the inter-related roof elements.

Photo credit:
Sascha Jahnke

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The Planters Table is a showcase for alternating plants The local gardener alternates the plants in the tabl as often as possible and provides information about the respective species on the table top.

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Torsten Seidel

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The shape of the roof, which at some points is a full 13m high, reaches immense horizontal spans across a surface of some 800m².

Photo credit:
Björn Asmussen

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

One special challenge was to develop a high-gloss gold paint that could withstand the maritime environment

Photo credit:
Christian Bauer

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

Busy lines characterise the plaza surrounding the Butterfly Pavilion.

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Joaquín Busch

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The Butterfly Aviary is located at the center of the Butterfly Pavilion, shaded by its defining golden roof.

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Joaquín Busch

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The mostly white interior creates a touch of freshness and promises relief from the heat outside.

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Joaquín Busch

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The Butterfly Aviary illustrates 3deluxe’s design principle „Multilayered Atmospheres“: Inside, an undulating landscape made of thermoformed mineral material Krion merges horizontal and vertical.

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Joaquín Busch

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

The Literature Pavilion, an open structure or about 40 visitors with no climatic sheath, is reminiscent of stylised Bedouin tent where people sit on the floor – cushions and blankets are covered in a fabric specially woven in Germany.

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Sascha Jahnke

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

What appears latent during the daytime comes completely into its own afte twilight when the island becomes a stage.

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Joaquín Busch

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

As dusk sets in, a landscape made of millions of tiny lights begins to twinkle in the northern half of the island. The spectacle transpires to be a sea of stalks swaying softly in the wind and slowly changing their colour.

Photo credit:
Sascha Jahnke

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Butterfly Pavilion – Noor Island
3deluxe

In the evenings the building is orchestrated in a special way – the individually controllable LED lamps integrated in the nodes galvanise the supporting structure. Patterns of light make their way across the façade and the pavilion suddenly resembles a swarm of butterflies coming together in ever-changingrhythms before drifting apart again.

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seele me FZE

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