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Austrian Pavilion
Zaragoza, Spain
The Austrian Pavilion at the EXPO 2008 in Zaragoza was designed by an interdisciplinary team formed
by SOLID architecture, Michael Strauss and Scott Ritter.
For the EXPO 2008 the participating countries rented
spaces in buildings provided by the organizer. The room made available for the
Austrian pavilion had a semi-circular shape. The central idea of the design
concept was to double that shape to the figure of a cylinder by using a
floor-to-ceiling mirror. This mirror extended along the length of the room and doubled
a digital 180° projection on the curved interior wall into a 360° panorama. By
means of digital projection the panorama underwent permanent changes.
In terms of building typology the Austrian
pavilion transposed the historical panorama building into the present.
The viewer's platform in the middle and the
three-dimensionally designed foreground of the historical panorama architecture
were merged into a white landscape. This landscape was dissolved into contour
lines and became the exhibition area of the pavilion.
The abstract form of the landscape made the
exhibition space become part of the changing panoramic projections. Surrounded
by mountain tops, it turned into a snow-covered hilltop. The projection of a forest
turned it into a green clearing.
The design of the landscape used the concept of reflection through the mirror
to create diverse spatial and visual relations and situations.
An arena with a pneumatic stage in its centre
was created that only became complete in its reflection, a plateau offered the
ideal overview onto the pavilion and a hollow way avoided the doubling effect
of the mirror.
One space was located behind the level of the
mirror, only accessible through an opening in the mirror itself.
For the visitors the landscape like designed
exhibition space was a stage set to walk on. The visitor became part of this
stage setting, as he moved through the pavilion on the exhibition area. By
means of mirroring the room, the visitor and his reflection were an integral
part of and an actor in the panorama setting.
In the exhibition space of the pavilion works
of various artists were shown dealing with the theme of the EXPO 2008 "Water
and Sustainability", reaching from sculpture, digital art and dance
performances to music.
The exterior façade of the pavilion also dealt
with the topic of Landscape and Spectator, showing an image of the photographer
Walter Niedermayr.
by SOLID architecture, Michael Strauss and Scott Ritter.
For the EXPO 2008 the participating countries rented
spaces in buildings provided by the organizer. The room made available for the
Austrian pavilion had a semi-circular shape. The central idea of the design
concept was to double that shape to the figure of a cylinder by using a
floor-to-ceiling mirror. This mirror extended along the length of the room and doubled
a digital 180° projection on the curved interior wall into a 360° panorama. By
means of digital projection the panorama underwent permanent changes.
In terms of building typology the Austrian
pavilion transposed the historical panorama building into the present.
The viewer's platform in the middle and the
three-dimensionally designed foreground of the historical panorama architecture
were merged into a white landscape. This landscape was dissolved into contour
lines and became the exhibition area of the pavilion.
The abstract form of the landscape made the
exhibition space become part of the changing panoramic projections. Surrounded
by mountain tops, it turned into a snow-covered hilltop. The projection of a forest
turned it into a green clearing.
The design of the landscape used the concept of reflection through the mirror
to create diverse spatial and visual relations and situations.
An arena with a pneumatic stage in its centre
was created that only became complete in its reflection, a plateau offered the
ideal overview onto the pavilion and a hollow way avoided the doubling effect
of the mirror.
One space was located behind the level of the
mirror, only accessible through an opening in the mirror itself.
For the visitors the landscape like designed
exhibition space was a stage set to walk on. The visitor became part of this
stage setting, as he moved through the pavilion on the exhibition area. By
means of mirroring the room, the visitor and his reflection were an integral
part of and an actor in the panorama setting.
In the exhibition space of the pavilion works
of various artists were shown dealing with the theme of the EXPO 2008 "Water
and Sustainability", reaching from sculpture, digital art and dance
performances to music.
The exterior façade of the pavilion also dealt
with the topic of Landscape and Spectator, showing an image of the photographer
Walter Niedermayr.
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