This project for a temporary pavilion at the Serralves Park is part of a continuous practice of inviting artists to conceive and install works in the natural patrimony of the Park. The invitation made to Ryoji Ikeda to build a temporary pavilion also involves other partners, namely a Porto-based architect Nuno Brandão Costa.
Ikeda intends to provide an intense cinematic experience, creating an immersive environment that combines architecture, installation, and music, comparable to that of a symphony. The artist refers to this project as the culmination of 18 years of work.
The exterior face of the structure is flawless, like an amorphous sculpture without meaning. A “black monolith” that seeks simplicity in the perfection of form, this object tries to convey the experience of the whole, with a complementary complicity between exterior and interior. Like metaphysics or esotericism, which may or may not have a meaning, its goal is visual purity.
Team:
Concept and composition: Ryoji Ikeda
Architecture: Brandão Costa Arquitectos
Collaborators: Francisco Ascensão, Luís Carreno
Structural engineer: Pedro Costa Pereira | a3r
Acoustic engineer: Rui Ribeiro | amplitude acoustics
Hydraulic engineer: Miguel Vale | abprojectos
Electrical engineer: Maria da Luz Santiago | rs associados
Mechanical engineer: Raul Bessa | get
Photography: Francisco Ascensão
Material Used:
1. Facade cladding: “Sto Therm Classic" system with "StoSilco Blue" finish and "Sto XBlack" paintwork
2. Flooring: Carpet black, type “Balsan Grey Matter Signal with NRB”
3. Ceiling:
12.5mm perforated “Pladur” plasterboard (minimum perforation 15.5%), black colour
12.5mm perforated “Pladur” plasterboard (minimum perforation 15.5%), white colour
12.5mm+12.5mm plasterboard (2 overlapping boards), minimum density 568 kg/m3, black colour
