BRIGHTON COMMON PAVILION

Location: Brighton, MA

Scope: New Construction

Status: Completed

Size: 145 SF

Landscape Architect: Halvorson Design Partnership

An outdoor Performing Theater set within Brighton Commons Park, designed for the surrounding communities use. From the outset the park and new theater pavilion were to be used as a catalyst to transform an under-utilized public space by providing an armature for public events and performances. The form and detailing are derived from the rich rail yard history of the surrounding Brighton area. The pavilion’s form captures the act of converging and diverging railroad tracks, while creating a space that opens out to the park. The Pavilion canopy binds the rhythmic structure to the motion of the locomotive and train tracks, by varying louver angles to provide shade for the users and light for climbing vines.