RECycled Pavilion is a temporary architectural installation realized in the city of Concepción (Chile) as part of the 10th anniversary of the largest free music festival in the country, REC Festival. The project was developed by an international team of students and teachers from the Alta Scuola Politecnica in collaboration with the Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD, Chile) and was realized in March 2025.
Aside from being an exercise in architecture, the outdoor installation was a vehicle of cultural exchange, sustainability, and pedagogy in experimental architecture. It reconciled scholarly rigor and real building in a combined, cross-cultural, and context-sensitive process.
The pavilion is made of metal scaffolding, a modular system often used in construction, and textile elements. This structure ensures sustainability, cost-effectiveness, reuse and rapid assembly, as well as meeting safety requirements and adapting to the local terrain and climate.
The project has become not only an architectural experiment, but also a platform for cultural exchange, educational interaction and research
into sustainable design forms. It represents a model of “learning through practice”, connecting the academic environment with the real needs of the city, community and event.