Orproject接到委托，为印度的一个私人客户设计一个婚礼凉亭。从婚礼的准备到最后的礼成，传统的印度教婚礼一般会持续好几天，而在这个进程中婚礼会与各种不同的宗教仪式相互融合。婚礼正式开始后，一对新人将在一位印度教牧师的带领下，相互对彼此许下七个誓言，每许下一个誓言，新郎新娘便会围绕着圣火转一圈。出席婚礼的不仅有新郎新娘双方的家人和朋友，更有火神阿耆尼作为见证人。婚礼通常在户外举行，因此婚礼凉亭的结构设计就要求保证视线的连续性和通透性。

Orproject was asked to design a wedding pavilion for a private client in India. Traditional Hindu weddings incorporate different rituals over the course of several days. During the main event of the wedding, the couple make seven vows to each other in Sanskrit led by a Hindu priest, and each vow is accompanied by a circuit around a holy fire. The event is attended by the couple’s family and friends, and in the Hindu belief also by the Vedic god of fire Agni. The weddings are commonly celebrated outdoors, with pavilion structures defining space without fully blocking the view or the elements.

▼凉亭鸟瞰图，bird-eye’s view of the pavilion

综合上述条件，建筑师在本项目中致力于设计一个现代的婚礼凉亭，希望通过现代的建造方法打造出一个半封闭的空间以举行户外的仪式。最终该凉亭呈现出一种面纱般的几何造型，开放式的结构迎接着婚礼的所有来宾。凉亭从顶部开始逐渐回收，形成几个接地的支撑构件，打造出一个相对的内部空间以作为婚礼舞台的背景。

▼凉亭外观，一个半封闭的现代空间，exterior view of the pavilion which is a semi-enclosed contemporary space

It was our aim to create a pavilion that utilized contemporary design and construction methodologies while providing a semi-enclosed space to host the traditional ceremonies. The structure was designed as a veil-like geometry that opens up to welcome the guests of the wedding. It merges into an inner enclosed space and then comes down touching the ground to form the backdrop to the ceremonial stage.

▼凉亭外观局部，呈现出一种面纱般的几何造型，partial exterior view of the pavilion that is designed as a veil-like geometry

▼凉亭外观局部，从顶部开始逐渐回收，形成几个接地的支撑构件，partial exterior view of the pavilion, it merges into an inner enclosed space and then comes down touching the ground