The Round Pavilion — Design Study

Wall Segments

Masonry Chimneys

Model Studies

Concept Renderings

Photorealistic studies of the pavilion in context — black standing-seam metal roof, stacked-stone chimney, retractable glass wall panels, and a continuous curved run of wood cabinetry with stone counters.

Evening rendering of pavilion with outdoor kitchen — Rendering · Exterior

Corner View at Dusk

Sliding glass walls retract to open the kitchen gallery to the surrounding stone patio. Grill, wall oven, kamado, and beverage center along the curved run.

Front elevation rendering with stone island — Rendering · Elevation

Lakeside Front Elevation

Symmetrical gable front with stucco finish, stone chimney offset left, and a stone-clad island anchoring the center of the plan.

Massing Studies

SketchUp model views establishing geometry: a faceted round plan closed at the rear, opening through a gabled porch front. The roof resolves from gable to a near-conical hip over the curve.

Perspective model view — Model · Perspective

Front-Quarter Perspective

The straight gabled bay transitions into the segmented curve; continuous counter line visible through the openings.

Front elevation model view — Model · Elevation

Front Elevation

Open front face with paired columns, clerestory band over the counter run, and chimney at the left flank.

Rear curved wall model view — Model · Rear

Rear Curve

Twelve-segment curved wall with punched window openings; twin chimneys flank the hipped roof.

Aerial roof model view — Model · Aerial · Current Drawing

Roof Plan — As Drawn (To Be Revised)

All twelve planes converge on a single apex — the geometry driving the circus-tent read. Section 04 lays out the alternatives.

Design Direction

Verdict from review: the first rendering is the target. The current SketchUp drawing (aerial view above) resolves every roof plane to a single center apex — that pure radial cone is what creates the circus-tent read. The fix is a ridge, not a point.

Why the First Rendering Works

Its roof has a real ridge line: the gable carries back over the plan and terminates in a hip that wraps the curve. The eye reads "house with a bay," not "tent." The low-slung eave, deep overhang, and dark standing-seam panels reinforce the horizontal.

Why the Current Drawing Reads as a Tent

Twelve roof planes converging on one apex is textbook pavilion/tent geometry. Combined with the tall pitch, the apex becomes the composition's focal point — vertical, symmetrical, and carnival-adjacent. The two chimneys punching through the cone amplify it.

The Principle

Keep the round plan at the walls; de-radialize the roof. Any scheme that replaces the point apex with a ridge segment (or clips the apex) breaks the tent silhouette while preserving the curved kitchen gallery below.

Roof Geometry Options

Three ways to blend the current round plan with the roof language of the first rendering. All keep the twelve-segment wall geometry untouched — only the roof framing changes. Diagrams are schematic roof plans (flat front edge = gable side).

Option A · Recommended

Extended Ridge + Wrapped Hip

Run the gable ridge from the front bay toward the rear third of the plan, then hip down over the curve. This is exactly the first rendering's roof grafted onto the round plan. Silhouette reads as gable-and-hip from every angle; the radial planes only exist at the rear where they're least visible.

Option B · Simplest Change

Split Pitch — Flatten the Cone

Keep the current framing logic but drop the hip pitch over the curve to ~4:12–5:12 while the gable stays steep. A low cone stops reading as a tent and starts reading as a turret eave. One variable changes in the model. Least framing rework, most conservative visual result.

Option C · Most Ambitious

Clipped Apex with Cupola

Truncate the radial hips before they meet and cap the opening with a small glazed cupola or flat crown. Kills the tent point, adds daylight and stack ventilation over the cooking zone — a working feature, not decoration. More framing and flashing complexity; strongest architectural payoff if executed well.

Target rendering — gable and hip roof — Reference · The Target

What All Three Options Chase

The approved look: strong horizontal eave, real ridge line, hip wrapping the curve, apex nowhere in sight. Option A gets closest; B is the fastest path; C trades simplicity for a signature crown.

Design Brief

Working specification for the next model revision, combining what's approved with what changes.

Element	Direction	Status
Plan	Twelve-segment round plan, straight gabled entry bay	APPROVED
Roof form	Replace single-apex radial cone with ridge-to-hip (Option A preferred; B/C alternates)	REVISE
Roofing	Black standing-seam metal, deep overhangs, exposed wood soffit at porch ceiling	APPROVED
Enclosure	Full-height sliding/stacking glass panels tracking the curve; black frames	APPROVED
Chimneys	Reduce from two to one stacked-stone chimney at the flank (per renderings); second flue vents through roof if needed	DECIDE
Kitchen	Continuous curved run — grill, wall oven, kamado, beverage center, dishwasher; stone counters, wood cabinetry	APPROVED
Island	Stone-clad center island (second rendering) vs. open floor (first rendering)	DECIDE
Floor	Flagstone/paver field continuous inside and out, no threshold step	APPROVED

Build Notes

Framing the Ridge-to-Hip

Option A frames like a conventional gable until the rear third: a short ridge beam picks up hip rafters fanning to each of the rear facet corners. Fewer compound cuts than the full radial scheme, and standing-seam pans stay long and straight on the two main planes.

Curved Kitchen Gallery

Cabinetry and counters follow the interior curve as a continuous work line — grill, wall oven, kamado station, beverage refrigeration, and dishwasher — with a clerestory window band above.

Open / Closed Modes

Full-height sliding glass panels track around the front and sides, letting the pavilion run as an open-air porch in season and a wind-tight room off season.

Masonry Anchors

Stacked-stone chimney (fireplace or pizza oven flue) and a stone-clad center island ground the composition; flagstone paving continues inside and out for one unbroken floor plane.