Peace Pavilion

• Name Peace Pavilion
• Client Brahma Kumaris Yoga Centres Inc.
• Country Gadigal
• Location Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW
• Year 2000

This low-cost demountable structure was temporarily located in Centennial Park as a millennium gift to the City of Sydney and the State of NSW from the Brahma Kumaris Yoga Centres Incorporated. It has since been re-erected elsewhere. The pavilion, looking north across the Duck Pond, comprises an exhibition area and a meditation space. The floor level is set above the grass level to form a generous seat in the park. Supported by steel structure, the floor and roof have each been developed as timber leaves held apart by translucent resin and weathering steel pods which present texts and dedications. The roof is a multiple layering of timber screening and translucent sheeting, casting reflective shadows across the timber planes and vertical surfaces of the Pavilion.