{"id":1420,"date":"2025-10-03T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:45:52","slug":"ppaa-celebrates-the-qualities-of-wood-with-rotating-clt-pavilion-in-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/ppaa-celebrates-the-qualities-of-wood-with-rotating-clt-pavilion-in-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"PPAA “celebrates the qualities of wood” with rotating CLT pavilion in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wood<\/div>\n

As part of the architecture and urban design fair Mextr\u00f3poli 2025 held in Mexico City<\/a>, local studio PPAA<\/a> created a pavilion<\/a> made of a 23-metre-long cross-laminated timber beam suspended above rotating wood panels.<\/span><\/p>\n

The temporary pavilion was installed in the Historic Center of Mexico City for the Mextr\u00f3polis 2025<\/a> fair, which included other installations by studios and teams of designers and lectures by Bjarke Ingels<\/a>, Steven Holl<\/a> and Iwan Baan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PPAA
Local studio PPAA has installed a laminated wood pavilion in Mexico City for the Mextr\u00f3poli 2025 design fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PPAA<\/a> created its Resonancia Suspendida pavilion in collaboration with Reed Wood<\/a> and Arboreal, using a minimal number of elements to showcase the qualities of laminated wood.<\/p>\n

“Conceived as an ephemeral and performative installation, the pavilion celebrates the intrinsic qualities of wood: its lightness, structural strength, and natural tactile and visual appeal,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

\"Resonancia
The studio placed a long wooden beam atop ten rotating panels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The structure is made of one, 24-metre-long beam placed on top of 10 rotating panels made of the same CLT material.<\/p>\n

Additionally, nine panels were slotted on top of the beam, indicating the width of each rotating panel below.<\/p>\n