Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture

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Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture - Exterior Photography
© Andreas Symietz

Text description provided by the architects. Legend tells that Harding and Son’s Windmill, operating during the 18th-century on a once-existing island between Camden and Philadelphia, is buried under Camden. During low tide, a sandbar from what is now Coopers Poynt Park formed a land passage directly to the island critical for transporting goods, helping first make Camden a vital hub. Camden abounds with lost history.

Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture - Interior Photography, Facade
© Andreas Symietz
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RCA Victor recorded the 20th-century classical and jazz greats; many original pieces of vinyl in its Cooper Street warehouse were dumped at the shoreline in 1971, along with the building which housed them. With Turntable, the discarded is unearthed, reconsidered. At Coopers Poynt Park, a wind-powered beacon becomes a shoreline focal point. Using wind energy captured by thousands of cut two-liter soda bottles, a cylinder spins above a ring of scaffolding. Inside, a lightweight dome of discarded plastics, with oculus open to the sky, forms a space to contemplate the cycles of Camden’s history and potential energy ahead.

Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture - Interior Photography, Facade
© Andreas Symietz
Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture - Interior Photography
© Andreas Symietz

Turntable is part of A New View, which will transform six highly visible spaces along Camden’s public transportation corridors from eyesores used for illegal dumping into multi-purpose community forums. These converted spaces will host dynamic temporary art installations and creative programming that will provide a new view to the more than 65,000 people who travel through Camden daily and its 77,000 residents.

Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture - Interior Photography
© Andreas Symietz
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© Andreas Symietz

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Address:Cooper's Poynt Park, 801-811 Delaware Ave, Camden, NJ 08102, United States

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Cite: "Turntable Pavilion / SLO Architecture" 04 May 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/961106/turntable-pavilion-slo-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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