Switzerland - And now the Ensemble!!!

The Switzerland exhibition proposed that architecture and new buildings need to sit within their contexts: to consider architecture as a part of a larger ensemble, to be harmonious, and thereby avoid what the curators deemed a "global monotony" of new architecture.

The rooms in the Pavilion carry through the theme of a musical ensemble and allude to balls and concert halls of the 1950s. The exhibition is divided into three main areas. The first room contains a large communal round table of books about buildings in Switzerland, with the second containing a wall of various different buildings, shown individually and as separate entities. In the final room, the viewer enters into a space of "frescoed" walls depicting urban street-scapes that reveal the way that both existing and new buildings can harmoniously work together, to complement the site and give a greater interest and integrity to the fabric of the built environment.

Frescoed space of urban landscapes. Communicates buildings forming part of a larger ensemble.
A monotone space has been created for the exhibition (colour photograph taken) and
alludes to concert / ball rooms

Collection of images, buildings shown as separate entities, as an atlas of images

Review books of buildings, the breadth and depth

The sequence of spaces in the Pavilion carry through the musical associations of Switzerland's  theme.
External courtyard has been set up as if ready for a party / musical performance.

The Switzerland Pavilion at the Giardini