Pavilion of Reflections

Pavilion of Reflections

Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich arriving at Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016
Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich travelling to Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016
Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich travelling to Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016
Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich travelling to Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016

Manifesta 11 will be open in Zurich from 11 June to 18 September 2016. We have been invited to work with students to design and build a Pavilion of Reflections floating on Lake Zurich as the reception building for the European art biennale. The Pavilion of Reflections will be the meeting point for showing art works produced in the city during Manifesta as well as acting as a public swimming bath during the day.

Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich travelling to Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016
Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich travelling to Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016

Our students have designed and built a timber island consisting a public bath, surrounded by a cinema with tribune seating, a bar, sundeck and tower. The structure floats on steel caissons.

Pavilion of Reflections on Lake Zurich arriving at Bellevue at 5am on 27 May 2016

10 May 2016

The steel substructure and deck are complete.The space frame roofs, prefabricated last winter are being installed.

The desck, tribune seating and pool is complete, Pavilion of Reflections, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, 22 April 2016
Roof structure is being installed, Pavilion of Reflections, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, 10 May 2016

20 April 2016

The Pavilion of reflection is on the move. The timber structures, prefabricated in Winthertur are being transported to the lake side for assemble.

Roof structure on the move, Pavilion of Reflections, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, April 2016
Roof structure arrives at Lake Zurich, Pavilion of Reflections, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, April 2016
prefabricated roof, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, March 2016
prefabricated elements awaiting transportation to lake Zurich, Manifesta 11, Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, April 2016

The floating steel base has been fabricated and is being pulled across the lake for final assembly at Mythenquai.

March 2016

Prefabrication by the students of the Pavilion of Reflections has been completed. The steel floating caissons and substructure is being constructed on the bank of lake Zurich. Assembly of the prefabricated timber elements will start in May and the whole pavilion will be dragged across the lake into position in Bellevue in late May.

Manifesta 11 and the Pavilion of Reflections will open to the public for 100 days on 11 June 2016.