RIMOND contributed to the delivery of the Garden Pavilion, a “deconstructed yurt” and centerpiece of the exhibition “When Apricots Blossom” at Palazzo Citterio. As Design & Build partner, RIMOND led design development, engineering coordination and construction of the pavilion, commissioned by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation and designed by Kulapat Yantrasast (WHY Architecture). The project reinterprets a traditional architectural archetype through a contemporary, efficient system, combining cultural identity with advanced construction solutions. Delivered through a #DfMA approach, it leveraged off-site prefabrication and modular assembly to ensure speed, precision and control.
The structural verification focused on identifying the most critical wind loading conditions for a lightweight three-dimensional structure with complex geometry. A parametric model developed in Rhino/Grasshopper and integrated with Karamba 3D allowed the wind load direction to be continuously varied and the global structural response to be evaluated under multiple configurations. Multi-objective optimization through Octopus was used to identify the wind directions that maximized the utilization of the structural members. The analyses also accounted for second-order effects and geometric nonlinearity, which were essential due to the high slenderness of the elements.
