pavilion interior at night.
spring carnival.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Spring Carnival is a long-standing campus tradition that brings together students, alumni, and the broader community through celebration, creativity, and shared public space. Each year, a student organization within the School of Architecture leads the design of the main entrance gateway, transforming it into a thematic landmark that welcomes visitors into the festivities. This year’s gateway and pavilion were dedicated to NOMAS, using architecture as a platform to celebrate cultural identity, collaboration, and representation.
pavilion interior during day.
greek booth.
carnival events
buggy racing.
carnival events and activity.
reuse & collaboration.
Designed as a temporary public installation, the Spring Carnival Pavilion transforms a structural scaffold system into an interactive communal walkway. A layered facade of hand-painted burlap panels created by minority student organizations wraps the frame, turning the pavilion into a canvas for collective expression and movement. Together, these elements form a vibrant kaleidoscope of cultures that celebrates diversity while minimizing material waste through adaptable, reusable construction.
video footage from Abraham Aldaraca (instagram: @lens.fotos)
perspective.
side.
scaffold iso.
panel iso.
panel types.
drawings from pavilion design team.
