2022 best pavilions and installations. Paradisium by Dave Keane & Folly Builders @ Burning Man 2022 – Photo via IG, follow @davekeane.
Architecture, Design – A sliced curch-shaped white chapel, a glowing landscape pulsating along visitors’ heartbeats, and the kinetic stage of the Eurovision Song Contest feature in our round-up dedicated to the best pavilions and installations of 2022.
Paradisium
Paradisium by Dave Keane & Folly Builders @ Burning Man 2022 – Photo via IG by Scott London, follow @scott.london.
At Burning Man, the iconic festival rising from the sands of the Nevada desert, Dave Kean and the Folly Builders created Paradisium, a grove of 27 tree-shaped towers built from reclaimed lumber and decorated with intricate geometric patterns. Walkways connect the tallest structures, while digital color mapping showed the change of seasons throughout the week. The project “reminds us of the forest’s beauty and our interconnectedness and interdependence with nature while also fostering a sense of community and an investment in our shared future.” Read more about Burning Man 2022.
Hermès in Milan
Hermès at Milan Design Week 2022 – Photo courtesy of Hermès.
At Milan Design Week, French fashion house Hermès launched its latest furniture, accessories, and lighting design collections within a stunning installation by Hervé Sauvage and Charlotte Macaux Perelman. Four structures inspired by brutalist water towers glowed in the dark and were covered in translucent coloured paper. Rediscover Milan Design Week’s best installations and exhibitions.
Pulse
Pulse Topology by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer x Superblue at Design Miami Basel – Image courtesy of James Harris.
At DesignMiami and DesignMiami/ Basel, Superblue presented Pulse, the latest biometric work by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Six thousand lightbulbs suspended at different heights pulsate at the pace of visitors’ heartbeats thanks to custom-made pulse sensors. Forming a platform for self-representation, individual heartbeats came together to create an immersive chorus of light and sound. Read more…
The Playground
‘Playground’ installation by Architensions – Photo by Julian Bajsel.
For the Coachella Music and Arts Festivals, New York City-based studio Architensions presented The Playground, a colorful installation bringing urbanity to the desert. Four landmark towers, a few linked by sky bridges, responded to the single-story suburban sprawl in the Coachella Valley. Each tower featured a variety of geometric forms, some with cyan, magenta, and yellow dichroic film that bathes the surrounding area in colors as the sun shines through them. Read more about Coachella installations and pavilions.
The Sun Within
Eurovision 2022 stage-design by Francesca Montinaro – Photos via IG by Jordy Brada, Sarah Louise Bennet, follow @ ateliermontinaro.
“I was born in a country that is a stage itself,” said artist and scenographer Francesca Montinaro, who took inspiration from Italian landscapes to create The Sun Within, the set design of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Turin and won by Ukraine. The stage features a kinetic sun, pyrotechnics light shows, waterfalls, and a lush garden plateau inspired by Italian gardens. Read more…
The Chamber Church
The Chamber Church by Büro Ziyu Zhuang © Shengliang Su, courtesy of Büro Ziyu Zhuang.
The Chamber Church pavilion by German-Chinese studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang in Qingdao, China, recreates the pure shape of classical church architecture with sixty distanced white-off vertical ribs. The architecture “respects the past and looks towards the future providing a religious experience and secular touch,” the studio told Archipanic. Read more…
The Chamber Church by Büro Ziyu Zhuang © Shengliang Su, courtesy of Büro Ziyu Zhuang.
‘Playground’ installation by Architensions – Photo by Julian Bajsel.
