Latticed timber triangles are raised up over three landscape mounds to form this year's MPavilion, installed in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens by Barcelona-based office Estudio Carme Pinós.
The studio, led by architect Carme Pinós, becomes the fifth designer of the annual commission, known as Australia's answer to the Serpentine Pavilion.

Unveiled today, the pavilion is described as having "majestic wings inspired by origami". It comprises a series of triangular forms, framed by steel, and clad top and bottom in slender wooden slats.
Some of these triangular screens meet the ground. Others are raised up atop three manmade grass mounds, which are framed by plants and seating.

According to the design team, the aim was to make a structure that allows "a multitude of community-focused activities to unfold" inside, rather than to design a statement pavilion. "In designing this year's MPavilion, I wanted firstly to make a space for the people of Melbourne to feel connected ? to each other, to the city they live in, and to nature," explained Carme Pinós.
"We are all part of the world, and architecture can tell that story and provide a place for us to experience life together. I hope the MPavilion becomes a flow of knowledge and creativity this summer."

Polycarbonate sheets are integrated into the structure to provide protection from the elements, and there is a bespoke guttering system that will help to channel away rainwater, ra...