Following the winning of the Unfair Architect Award we have been asked to study the possibilities for a temporary architectural structure at the Westerpark. Functioning as a temporary pavilion, coinciding with the biannual contemporary art fair held on the terrain of the former Westergas factory in Amsterdam.
Conceived as a temporal exhibition space it explores its relation to the public domain of a park. Unlike the large and open spaces of a contemporary art museum, the project investigates the possibility of an more intimate and specific experience of art. Informed by small scale archetypes such as a hut, chapel or a house the design uses indications that deal with the relationship between inside and outside, between openness and closeness, and a guidance of the visitor towards a precise perception of the artworks.
Materiality, expression and representation derive from the merit of temporal and circumstantial use of materials. The layer of the net enveloping the wooden structure acts a filtering mediator between the visitor and the outside and notions of the park.
Type: temporary pavilion and exhibition space
Location: Amsterdam
Surface: 81m²
For: Unfair Amsterdam
When: ongoing
Team: Tomas Dirrix, Ada Finci Terseglav, Dauwke Fredrix, Stefan Hutterer, Julia Strömland
With: Peter van der Es (curator), Adam Nillissen (curator), Breed-Id (engineer)