ARCHI./NEWS2010. 3. 28. 19:22
March 25th, 2010

 이 유리 박스 내부의 동굴은 멜버른의 디자이너 Calloum Morton에 의해서 디자인 된 네덜란드의 Tilburg에 위치한 이 파빌리온이다. Grotto라 불리는 이 건축물은 바로크 형식의 정원의 8 통로가 한 점으로 모이는 곳에 위치해있다. 파빌리온이 디자인 될 때, Calloum Morton은 공원의 별(별모양?) 디자인을 해치지 않으면서 파빌리온을 만들어야 하는 딜레마에 빠졌다. 그래서 디자이너는 그 star design의 광경을 해치지 않도록 낮에는 8개의 통로와 주변을 비추고 반사하는 유리로 디자인하여 한 눈에 파빌리온이 한눈에 눈에 띠지 않도록 만들었다. 외부 디자인은 내외부를 구분하는 파사드이면서 동시에 주변을 계속 반사시키는 스크린의 역할을 한다. 그러나 그것은 환영이다. 그래서 낮에는 주변을 비추는 유리로 둘러싸인 파빌리온이 되고, 밤에는 한 방향 유리에 싸인 바위같은 구조물을 보여주는 구조로 되어있다.                                        
by. ISUE_AM


The interior is sunk into the ground and has holes at eye level to afford glimpses of the park outside.

The pavilion was furnished by Netherlands designer Olav Koreman.

The text that follows is from Morton:


In 2007 Fundament Foundation commissioned Callum Morton to design a pavilion for De Oude Warande. If the Baroque design of the garden was to be respected, it had to be at the central point of the park, the only spot from where the star-shaped pattern of the paths can be seen.

However, a pavilion in this position would destroy the view of the star design. This presented Morton with a dilemma, which he resolved in a way that was both simple and ingenious: he designed an invisible pavilion.

The exterior is not immediately apparent, because it is a mirror, so all eight paths of the star continue in the reflection. The exterior of the pavilion functions both as a façade, screening off the inside from the outside, and as a reflective screen, mirroring and continuing the outside world. However, this continuation is an illusion. The Baroque design only appears to remain in view.

Anyone who steps inside the pavilion (10m x 6m x 4m high) is confronted with another essential characteristic of Baroque garden designs. The interior is a cave-like space, sunk 75 centimetres below ground level. Walls have holes at eye level, through which the outside world can be seen, as the glass façade is made of two-way mirrors. In the evening, the interior is illuminated in such a way that the reflective function of the pavilion is cancelled out and the glass box makes place for a dark mound, reminiscent of a burial mound. This transformation takes place gradually as darkness falls, so that the pavilion not only has a constantly changing form but alternate meanings too.

Grotto is a Baroque folly, a screen, a cave, a grave and a functional pavilion. Callum Morton’s thinking was guided by Baroque notions, the principles of contemporary entertainment, the human habit of looking for a place to be together with someone else, and the desire to produce an exciting tension between interior and exterior. “In the first instance, I wanted to develop a design that would clash with the Baroque layout of De Oude Warande,” says Morton. “But now I think it clashes with itself. Grotto is a paradox.” Outside of concert times, Grotto will function as a pavilion with modest catering facilities.

The kitchen and furniture are by designer Olav Koreman (Breda, 1959, lives and works in Molenschot and Breda), in a typically Dutch tradition (De Stijl), but also with references to Minimal Art of artists including Sol LeWitt. Using minimal means, Koreman has achieved maximum effect both inside and outside, while at the same time leaving the complex character of Grotto completely intact.

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