The India Pavilion is a testament to the importance of cultural exchange. Students of the design village and architects from archohm, along with the boisbuchet atelier, constructed this structure over six months with two week long workshops.
Working on a structure of a UN shelter pavilion, the terracotta intervention addresses the larger picture to symbolize what happens ‘after the aftermath’ of a disaster - a narrative of the journey beyond. The structure integrates into the fabric of boisbuchet’s site and respectfully embraces markus heinsdorff’s existing design for a refugee’s shelter.
It creates a platform for public communication that celebrates the original concept as a symbol for humanity. At the same time, the pavilion in its materiality, refers to the historical red bricks in the close-by walls of the historic barn, while its layout suggests a meandering topography in harmony with the spiral motif of boisbuchet’s 19th century park.
