This concrete structure was erected in just two months as part of the Chivik Arts Center's summer pavilion / art program (reminiscent of the corresponding program at the Serpentine Gallery in London). According to the organizers, they should combine the beginnings of architecture, art and design, as well as - interact with the surrounding landscape of southern Sweden; very close - the Baltic coast. Last year, the pavilion was built by Norwegian architects Snøhetta and photographer Tom Sandberg.
This time the task was entrusted to the British: David Chipperfield and the sculptor Anthony Gormley, the author, in addition to many works around the world, the giant statue "Angel of the North" (1999) in Gateshead in the north of England.
The concrete structure in the forest near Chivik consists of three parts, "Caves", "Scenes" and "Towers", each with a volume of 100 m3. The first space - a dark room with a bench - is located at the base of the pavilion; there the visitor is hidden from the outside world and cannot follow what is happening outside. Above is the second part of the structure: a cantilever terrace that opens into the surrounding landscape and does not provide any shelter for humans. The third part is an observation deck at a height of 18 m, where a spiral staircase leads. From there, you can see the bank slope overgrown with trees, descending to the Baltic Sea.
Gormley described his work as "a reflection on the state of sculpture and architecture and their relationship with light, mass and space, using the material most closely associated with modernity - concrete."
