Gaudí-inspired modular pavilion made of timber and ceramic panels, designed by ggstudio for World Design Capital Frankfurt 2026. Installed in the garden of Instituto Cervantes, the lightweight structure creates an open and dynamic cultural space
As part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main World Design Capital 2026, ICEX is promoting a distinctive architectural installation that will transform the garden of the Instituto Cervantes in Frankfurt into an open cultural space. Inspired by the constructive methodology of Antoni Gaudí, the lightweight pavilion reinterprets his structural principles through a contemporary approach focused on geometry, material efficiency, and the relationship between form and structure.
Performance during the exhibition Planetary Transitions at Kunsthaus Potsdam (2025), curated by HAAU and GEO, in collaboration with artists Kristina Jaggard, Michael Tsypin, and Ben Hewett. Photo credit: Constanze Flamme.
A GEO and HAAU collaboration, led by the 2025 Planetary Transitions Artists in Residence Sam Spurr, Eduardo Kairuz, and Angela Lee Invited guest: Daniel Barber, Professor of Architecture at the Technical University of Eindhoven
Otto Wagner (1841–1918) is one of the internationally most influential figures of early modern architecture. Many of his buildings – for instance, the Vienna City Railway, the Postal Savings Bank and the Church at Steinhof – are now considered key works of twentieth-century architecture because they shed their historical stylistic trappings and speak instead a language appropriate to “modern life”, based on purpose, materials, and construction.
