Scenery Pavilion
The Scenery Pavilion by DUAL is a reinterpretation of the Baroque stair but through new materials. Designed as a circular staircase rising 2.5m above the ground, it gives the impression of being free-floating. With its inviting and explicit spatiality the pavilion challenges and encourages people to move and explore the space.
The Scenery Pavilion is situated in the garden of Gl. Holtegaard Art gallery in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Baroque garden form the framework for the pavilion - inviting the visitors to see the garden from another perspective.
Throughout history the staircase has been an architectural element that connect buildings and landscape and allow people to move from one place to another. Today, the usage of stairs have expanded and are used as a place to sit, rest, view the surroundings and the movement of people passing by - a space that carries daily activities. Those qualities reinforced the idea to use the staircase as a pavilion - a reinterpretation of space and time.
The pavilion has a duality characteristic emphasizing the relations between landscape and architecture, the past and the present, spectators and users of the space. The duality is manifested through the materials, the effect of illusion and usage of space, to maximize the interaction with the users and the surroundings. As you move around the pavilion, the design and materials changes your scenery and perspective of the space. One side disappears in the landscape and the other stands out.
