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Swedish art pavilion: New Swedish Architecture design by Architect David Chipperfield & Antony Gormley
17 Jul 2008
David Chipperfield and Antony Gormley design Swedish art pavilion
The Cave + The Stage + The Tower
Kivik Art Centre photos by Gerry Johansson
The 2008 pavilion for Kivik Art Centre in southeast Sweden has been designed by David Chipperfield and Antony Gormley. The pavilion, which was constructed in only two months, is a sculpture entirely in concrete. Formed of three interlocked 100 m3 volumes – ‘The Cave’, ‘The Stage’ and ‘The Tower’ – the pavilion offers three different ways of experiencing the nature and landscapes around Kivik.
‘The Cave’ – a solid, dormant space in the base of the sculpture where one can rest on a wall-fixed bench, offers the enclosed feeling of being in the dark forest. Stairs then take the visitor up to the first floor – ‘The Stage’ – a horizontal volume open to the landscape, where one looks out but is also exposed. The third volume – ‘The Tower’ – takes the visitor up spiral stairs to a platform almost 18 metres above the ground, where one is rewarded with a spectacular view over the trees towards the Baltic Sea.
Kivik Art Centre Pavilions – Background
“Kivik Pavilions” is a project that combines architecture with art and design. Fundamental are issues of environmental solutions, a symbiosis of the landscape and the pavilion, and corporate partnership with industries in the region. The 2007 pavilion, called ‘Mother Ship’, was designed by Norwegian architects Snohetta, in conjunction with the photographer Tom Sandberg.
Images: Gerry Johansson
This Swedish pavilion building was open to the public from 19 Jul – 28 Sep 2008
Kivik Art Centre Pavilion images / information from David Chipperfield Architects 170708
David Chipperfield Architects, London, England, UK
Location: Kivik, Sweden, northeast Europe
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