RESTAURANT PAVILIONS INTERNATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, LIVERPOOL, UK

The International Garden Festival was a UK government initiative to revitalise a degraded inner city landfill site of over 100 acres in the former industrial heartlands of northern England.

Two landmark cafe/restaurants were required in prominent locations within the Festival site to act as orientation markers for the public. Predetermined pedestrian circulation routes suggested a circular plan form to make the building approachable from any direction. An exploration of this idea produced a kind of pre-fabricated Circus Tent with festive overtones.

Side view of main entrance showing the tent canopy raised up by steel sheer-legs to mark the entry.