click on any image to view larger	SUN N' FUN, SPORT AVIATION MUSEUM Lakeland, Florida
	Site The outdoor pavilion will be phase one of a four phase museum and education complex.  The site is densley treed in the north and west, and has an existing temporary museum building to the east.  The new pavilion was designed to be the southernmost anchor to the "education corridor", terminating at the FAA education facility to the north.
	Program The pavilion is to be used for museum and community education seminars to promote science in general, and aviation in particular.  The project's purpose is to expand the organization's ability to educate with regard to air safety and aviation heritage.  Aesthetically, the pavilion needed to have a strong visual presence, different  from the  pre-fab metal buildings of the existing structures.  The facility should accommodate speaker presentations, demonstrations, concerts, lectures, covered dining and exhibit areas.
	Solution Sloping steel columns tether the large "wing" of the pavilion roof to the ground.  The tapered edge  visually lifts the roof structure while reinforcing the image of flight.  The crossing pattern of the steel columns recall the struts of early planes.  The wing as a design concept, was simple yet appropriate for this aviation museum.
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