Re:Concrete Pavilion Wins Honorable Mention in Buildner Competition, Reuses Mumbai Drainage Pipes
Re:Concrete, a proposed public pavilion along Mumbai’s coastline, earned an Honorable Mention in Buildner’s Concrete Pavilion Competition. Created by Kaixin Su, Taoyu Han, Jialu Hou, and Shivani Rastogi, this innovative design repurposes precast drainage pipes into an open civic space. The structure maintains the original shape of the pipes, utilizing them as walls, seating, and light wells. Each standard section measures 2.1 meters in diameter and 2.5 meters in length, with options to keep them intact or cut into segments for diverse layouts. Curved entrances and seating areas are featured, while raised cylinders serve as light wells. The design emphasizes infrastructural elements and supports modular assembly, advocating for material reuse instead of consumption.
Key facts
- Re:Concrete received an Honorable Mention in Buildner’s international Concrete Pavilion Competition.
- The design team comprises Kaixin Su, Taoyu Han, Jialu Hou, and Shivani Rastogi.
- The proposed pavilion is located on Mumbai’s coastal edge in India.
- It reuses precast concrete drainage pipes measuring approximately 2.1 meters in diameter and 2.5 meters in length.
- Pipes are retained as complete cylinders or cut longitudinally into curved segments, then rotated, paired, and assembled at different heights.
- The modular, dry-connected, reversible system can expand, contract, or be reorganized based on available reclaimed pipes.
- The project aims to avoid crushing concrete into aggregate, preserving embodied form, energy, and manufacturing work.
- Mumbai’s waterfront context of infrastructure, land reclamation, and rapid redevelopment informs the proposal.
Entities
Artists
- Kaixin Su
- Taoyu Han
- Jialu Hou
- Shivani Rastogi
- Christina Vergopoulou
Institutions
- Buildner
- designboom
Locations
- Mumbai
- India