Colossal sandstone pavilion with a long reflecting water axis framing a mountain

Episode 01

Cultural Pavilion

Monumental. Elemental. Connected.

Episode 01 · Interactive plan

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Top-view plan of the Cultural Pavilion exhibition hall

The first place on the line. Stone planes rise from the headland and open a single shaded axis between the mountains and the sea. People arrive small and stay small — the pavilion measures them against the land.

Chapter
Episode 01
Position
Northern headland
Light
Late afternoon
Material
Sandstone / bronze / water
Colossal sandstone pavilion with a long reflecting water axis framing a mountain
01ApproachThe line resolves into a single mass. Shade before shelter.
Striped light across the polished stone floor of a monumental limestone hall
02EnteringSunlight ends at the threshold. The temperature drops.
Colossal sandstone pavilion with a long reflecting water axis framing a mountain
04The Water AxisOne long reflection carries the mountain into the building.
Striped light across the polished stone floor of a monumental limestone hall
05Framed HorizonsEvery opening holds a piece of the same landscape.

Next on the line

02 — Library

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