Harnessing multiple, often unexpected, properties of sand and aluminum, New York-based architecture practice Formlessfinder's Tent Pile pavilion for Design Miami/ 2013 will provide shade, seating, cool air and a space to play for the city's public. The pavilion will appear as a dramatic aluminum roof miraculously balanced on the apex of a great pyramid of loose sand. Milled aluminum benches will give resting space in the shade, where visitors will be fanned by the cool air naturally generated by the structure.

The pavilion will act as a refuge for the more than 50,000 visitors who will come to Miami for the fair each year, as well as inhabitants of the city's South Beach neighborhood. It is intended as a public installation that marries the practical requirements of shelter and seating to spectacular creative architectural ideas from a young practice.

Formlessfinder's Tent Pile engages not only with materials and aesthetics specific to Miami, but with the location of the fair within the city - the pyramid of sand is there to be sat on and played in, the cooling fans to be approached, examined and enjoyed.