Peritoneum

Peritoneum reimagines the biological membrane that lines and protects the abdominal cavity as an architectural framework for spatial activation and collective experience. Drawing from the peritoneum’s role in defining interior boundaries, allowing flexible movement and forming protective cavities, the installation translates these anatomical principles into a temporary, non-invasive membrane stretched across the university plaza.

Conceived and constructed by an interdisciplinary team of students, the project reflects a collaboration where diverse academic backgrounds informed structural strategy, fabrication logic, and spatial impact. The resulting undulating blue ribs echo both the folds of the peritoneum and the rhythm of a ribcage forming a dynamic shade structure that brings new life to an underutilized courtyard adjacent to the design and art school.

The gradient structure creates a calming, cooling environment, offering an unexpected reinterpretation of typical shade systems. As visitors move through its layered contours, the pavilion becomes an active passageway, a place of rest and a momentary interior carved into the exterior campus landscape. By engaging students with form, color, and movement, Peritoneum serves as both installation and experience.