Carapace Pavilion

The Carapace Pavilion is a multiple award-winning shade pavilion structure in Joshua Tree National Park. It was designed, fabricated, and installed by students and faculty of the USC School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. The project is noted for its complex geometry that was enabled through parametric computer design methods. It is fabricated from Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). The Carapace Pavilion is the result of a partnership between the US National Park Service, the USC School of Architecture, Clark Pacific Precast, and the PCI Foundation. It was designed and fabricated over a three-year period, and installed in Joshua Tree National Park on June 20, 2022.

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Further reading

  • Atkinson, William (January–February 2022). "University project pushes precast challenges to the limit" (PDF). PCI Journal: 23–24.
  • Noble, Douglas; Kensek, Karen M. "The Carapace Pavilion: A Parametric, Diagrid, Anticlastic, Thin-Shell, UHPC Prototype.". 2022 Facade Tectonics World Congress. 2022 Facade Tectonics World Congress. Proceedings of the 2022 Facade Tectonics World Congress.
  • Dent, Danielle (31 August 2022). "USC Architecture Students Built This: The Carapace Pavilion". Study Architecture | Architecture Schools and Student Information.
  • Douglas Noble (September 20, 2022). "Carapace Pavilion". TRXL Podcast (Podcast). Event occurs at 70 minutes.
  • "The Shape of Things to Come | Palm Springs Life". www.palmspringslife.com. 3 October 2022.
  • Rode, Erin (13 December 2022). "Unusually shaped shade structure unveiled at Joshua Tree National Park". The Desert Sun.
  • "National Park Pavilion". Architectural West. Dodson Publications.

34°00′28″N 116°07′04″W / 34.0077°N 116.1177°W / 34.0077; -116.1177

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