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Arch and Art: De Moura

Souto de Moura’s pavilion – for the project by Assolombarda Confindustria Milano Monza e Brianza realized by Domus – is a wooden box that houses the installation by Kounellis. #21triennale

Arch and Art. Souto De Moura, Jannis Kounellis

The image of the pavilion, the concept with which we began, is based on a wooden box used for the transportation of works of art, and this is in
effect what houses the installation by the artist Jannis Kounellis.

The box has been lined inside to cover up the joints and create a continuous surface, which has been painted lemon yellow on the request of the artist. The entrance is indirect, blind, built in such a way that from outside one cannot see what is within, and vice versa. The proportions of the construction accentuate its verticality, a physical and mental condition of Western people.

Arch and Art, Eduardo Souto de Moura e Jannis Kounellis

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Arch and Art, Eduardo Souto de Moura e Jannis Kounellis, plan

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Arch and Art, Eduardo Souto de Moura e Jannis Kounellis, elevation

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Arch and Art, Eduardo Souto de Moura e Jannis Kounellis, section

2 April – 12 September 2016
Arch and Art
a project by Assolombarda Confindustria Milano Monza e Brianza
Realized by Domus in collaboration with La Triennale
Curated by: Nicola Di Battista
Set design: Centro Studi Domus with Marco Diana
Graphic design: Giuseppe Basile
Structures: Milan Ingegneria
Contractor: Botta SpA

Pavilion
Architect: Eduardo Souto de Moura
Collaborator: André Tavares
Maquette: Souto Moura, Arquitectos S.A.
Artist: Jannis Kounellis
Collaborator: Damiano Urbani