UNStudio’s Youturn Pavilion is one of six ‘terrieros’ created for the
29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Located at the heart of the
biennale, the pavilion operates primarily as a venue; a nodal point
within the biennale’s context which provides a forum for communication
by diverse means and on different scales. Programmatically the pavilion
invites the public to meet, orientate and observe. It provokes
interaction between both participants and visitors to the biennale,
creating a place for display, discussion, and debate. The UNStudio Pavilion
places itself between artwork, installation and architecture; operating
as both a form and a functional structure performing as an activator of
events.
Ben van Berkel: "It is a wonderful quality in architecture today;
that it can perform on so many levels and that there is cultural
acceptance again for this richness of meanings and readings.
Architecture can have its cultural expression in a similar way to how
art is perceived or interpreted. The metaphorical interpretation of
spaces can be similar to the reading of a piece of art, so the mechanics
and the approach can be similar, but the outcomes are of course
different.”
The UNStudio pavilion forms the ‘I am the street’ terriero, one of
six conceptual groupings of integrated curatorial spaces at the
biennale. The design of the pavilion plays with the crossing points
between movement and display. As a venue, the biennale is a place of
circulatory routes, where visitors find themselves traveling through
spaces of expression, interpretation, and contemplation. These dynamic
movements are formalised and transcribed into a design model, which in
turn creates a dynamic space through the convergence of path and
destination.
The Youturn Pavilion furthermore performs as a space for solitude as
well as a space of interaction. The installation contrasts these
dynamisms, with the ridged and straightforward shape of the exterior
triangle to the simple complexity of the circle within the interior.
This simple convergence creates a complexity that reflects the blending
of the biennale’s display of artist’s work with their means of
expression. The centripetal movement and form of the structure wraps and
encircles the users from the surrounding biennale, while simultaneously
creating a central void; the focal point where all lines, surfaces and
viewpoints converge.
Events which occur within the space can range from intimate
discussions to large group presentations. The Youturn pavilion is
adaptable and can be used for multiple scales of interaction, presenting
a dynamic response to the needs of the biennale, the artists and the
multitude of visitors who circulate on a daily basis.
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