The Tropitardis: A pineapple pavilion for Glastonbury Festival 2022. Designed as a 'tardis' within the Glasto Latino tent, people enter the tropical structure and re-emerge onto the dancefloor adorned in tropical facepaint and glitter. Designed out of lightweight geometric segments, the design can be easily transported and assembled, using low-cost reusable materials. The fabric glows at night when the pavilion really comes alive, projecting orange and yellow triangles over the crowd. Dichroic film panels at the top sparkle in the light and throw a spectrum of colours onto the tent canvas above as lights below illuminate the structure.

The pavilion needed to represent the design intent from its initial pre-pandemic inception in 2020 and be delivered to a concise budget to create a structure that could be quickly assembled, transported and stored throughout the year. The light weight segments tesselate and stack down to enable storage within a small space. Elements are also designed to enable simple maintenance following wear and tear throughout the festival and storage process.

Designers: Abigail Portus, Rosa Prichard
Fabricators: Abigail Portus, Rosa Prichard, Jack Morton, Allegra Wilder