The Waldo Literary Pavilion is, at its purest, a room for reading. The site is a semi-fictional location in Waldo, Florida. The response to these parameters is a lifted volume encased in a set of layered, shifting screens. Due to the orientation of the volume, sheared perforated metal screens enclose the western and eastern faces to mitigate extreme solar exposure whilst still allowing ample light to permeate the reading space. Along the northern and southern faces, the screens peel to reveal views of the surrounding meadow and pull a firmer light to the interior. The entry along the Eastern face peels to uncover the primary threshold while a secondary plane pulls to reveal a subdued, sloped secondary entry. The interior of the volume is a double height, illuminated space lined with suspended bookshelves and a mezzanine the occupies the southern portion of the volume.
