Evocative Wood Shell

Architect Dan Rockhill's Wedding On the Plains temporary wedding reception hall is constructed as a canvass-covered, Lamella truss vault assembled from light wood framing components. Maple flooring, salvaged from a damaged gymnasium floor, paved the bride's path to the alter. The reception area was paved with a temporary 1 1/2 inch concrete slab that was later cut up and removed for reuse. Saplings and tree limbs were used to construct the chapel.

This project is an exemplary study in simplicity of form and economy of material applied to the creation of evocative structure.