Beacon pavilion

At the Amsterdam Light Festival, UNStudio designed the info booth pavilion, recalling the deep see luminescent organisms, following this year’s theme: biomimicry.

UN Studio, Becaon pavilion, Amsterdam 2016
Together with MDT-tex, UNStudio designed the Amsterdam Light Festival Info Booth Pavilion, that serves as both an attraction point and a ticketing/information booth for people visiting the festival.

 

Originated by this year’s theme – biomimicry –  the design is specifically inspired by the deep sea world, where living organisms counteract the darkness of their environment by employing bioluminescence, often hypnotic pulsating light, as an attraction and communication mechanism. 

UNStudio, Beacon pavilion, Amsterdam 2016
UNStudio, Beacon pavilion, Amsterdam 2016
All the surfaces of the pavilion are constructed from tensile textile modules that together create a pattern of openings and reveal glimpses of the interior. Focused LED projections present gradient color changes on the inside of the tensile structure, resulting in a constantly changing composition of light and colour.
UNStudio, Beacon pavilion, Amsterdam 2016
UNStudio, Beacon pavilion, Amsterdam 2016

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