The pavilion for the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve provides visitors with a space for prospect and refuge. The pavilion sits along a trail at the edge of the tree line, embedded in the slope of a hill on the Northern end of the preserve. Skin and structure are synonymous. The composition employs minimal additive fasteners, and relies on slots, notches, and pegs to accomplish connections between components. Each piece of structure serves as a spacer for its perpendicular counterpart, holding the pavilion in compression. Load is distributed along rails and consolidated into helical piers, which terminate beneath the forest floor. From the threshold, the narrow apertures present in the space for refuge are concealed, only visible at an acute angle. The same openings, formed by deep structural members, permit dappled light to filter in, illuminating the space and frame a view downhill along the path. To the left, the space for prospect opens out onto a waterfall and an uphill path towards the pond. The density of the vertical elements and overhead beams diminishes, dissolving the regulated structure and form back into the forest.