Pompidou’s Huts / Tadashi Kawamata

Aug 2010

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Art ,Exhibition , France, Paris, Tadashi Kawamata

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Tadashi Kawamata, a Japanese sculptor and installer, is known for creating urban spaces that utilize simple materials. Often times, Kawamata selects an single item, whether it is a material or an object, that becomes the basic module of a huge construction. His latest spaces are occupying the external façade of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. These timbers huts, which are lined with cardboard, attach on to the existing structural framework, like a parasite, and morph into something entirely new.

More about the huts after the break.

These precariously hanging wooden huts strongly contrast the highly technical aesthetic of Piano’s and Rogers’ facade. “From his reflections on the architecture of the Pompidou Center, its location in the urban fabric, its intimate memory, the Japanese artist invests more locations within the Centre: the Children’s gallery, Forum and exterior facades,” explained the museum.

“The artist modifies the space on which it operates, creating outgrowths as pods nestled in height, suspended walkways, observation posts, which disturb the established order and challenge our view of our environment.”

Via anArchitecture + dailytonic. Photos via Flickr user wassmann and Hervé Véronèse as noted.

Cite:
Cilento , Karen . "Pompidou’s Huts / Tadashi Kawamata" 19 Aug 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/74126>

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Ju Zolet says:

Nossa parece muito com os ninhos de João de Barro, um pássaro que adora fazer seus ninhos nos lugares mais estranhos, principalmente nos postes das grande avenidas!

# August 19, 2010 at 20:37

B says:

New obsession in architecture: parasite

# August 19, 2010 at 22:43

san says:

new obsession – one might also call it architecture´s running gag….tired of parasites, especially when they don´t really make sense (totally agree with jim from the comment below here)

# August 20, 2010 at 17:20

Liiii says:

i agree with your observation…a parasite with social intentions.

# August 21, 2010 at 11:49

Independence says:

ApRbmB I’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s impressing me! :)

# April 10, 2011 at 02:00

Jim says:

What is the point in this sort of display? Why aren’t the resources for such instalations given to charity instead – and the materials! Pakistan could do with all th help it can get at the moment, so whay are we hanging structures from landmarks which serve less purpose, and look no better, than a treehouse I built out of scrap timber when I was nine years old..?

# August 20, 2010 at 06:06

archi says:

Why don’t you cancel your internet connection, sell your computer and donate the proceeds to charity? Pakistan could do with all th help it can get at the moment, so whay are you hanging around on the internet making comments which serve less purpose, and display no more intelligence and insight than a nine year old?

# August 22, 2010 at 00:36

antitheziz says: