Innovative construction principles
The canopy is constructed of vertical laminated wood plates following a 1.5 by 1.5 cutting pattern. The assembled plates thus form a grid structure, a grillage. For safety reasons the restaurant is situated on a composite steel platform. The wood plates have been sprayed with a polyurethane coating and painted in an ivory white shade which visually brings the individual pieces together. It also results in the peculiar effect that the structure appears simultaneously as a built in-scale construction as well as an over-size model. This ambiguity between form, image, and structure is further emphasized by the fact that the construction has not been covered but is laid bare; this accentuates the contrast between the repetitious pattern of the grid and the winding shape of the canopy.
The structure forms a new gathering point in Seville: A place for interaction, in which ancient is connected with present, earth with sky. The grid structure, extensively used by the Romans for urban layouts, is here transformed and contrasted by the curving shapes of the canopy. Further movement is suggested between points, lines, and surfaces: From the nodes formed by the 'trunks' to the meandering outline of the canopy to the imaginary surfaces created by the grillage. A play between what is revealed and what is not, between virtual and actual.
Innovative construction principlesThe canopy is constructed of vertical laminated wood plates following a 1.5 by 1.5 cutting pattern. The assembled plates thus form a grid structure, a grillage. For safety reasons the restaurant is situated on a composite steel platform. The wood plates have been sprayed with a polyurethane coating and painted in an ivory white shade which visually brings the individual pieces together. It also results in the peculiar effect that the structure appears simultaneously as a built in-scale construction as well as an over-size model. This ambiguity between form, image, and structure is further emphasized by the fact that the construction has not been covered but is laid bare; this accentuates the contrast between the repetitious pattern of the grid and the winding shape of the canopy.The structure forms a new gathering point in Seville: A place for interaction, in which ancient is connected with present, earth with sky. The grid structure, extensively used by the Romans for urban layouts, is here transformed and contrasted by the curving shapes of the canopy. Further movement is suggested between points, lines, and surfaces: From the nodes formed by the 'trunks' to the meandering outline of the canopy to the imaginary surfaces created by the grillage. A play between what is revealed and what is not, between virtual and actual.
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