GS Caltex Pavilion EXPO Yeosu

Yeosu, South Korea
Photo © Nils Clauss
Photo © Nils Clauss
Photo © Nils Clauss
Photo © Michel Casertano
Photo © Nils Clauss
Photo © Nils Clauss
Architects
ATELIER BRÜCKNER
Location
Yeosu, South Korea
Year
2012
Sound Main Show
BLUWI, Hamburg
Grundfläche
1960 qm
Planungsaufgaben
Generalplanung, Architektur und Szenografie, Main Show
Tragwerksplanung
Knippers Helbig, Stuttgart
Medienplanung
medienprojekt p2 GmbH, Stuttgart
Produktion Main Show
TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE, Berlin
Sound Main Show
BLUWI, Hamburg

Symbol of energy: At the Expo Korea the corporate pavilion of GS Caltex, a Korean oil corporation, illustrates the company's mission and its visions for the future. The pavilion architecture is presented as a dynamic ensemble which, at first glance, is reminiscent of an outsized rice field. Eighteen metres high, so-called blades sway like grass in the wind. Touching activates individual sensitive blades and illuminates them. A centrally located star-shaped, mirrored pavilion building is optically withdrawn in its entirety. Via raised corners of the star, the visitor can gain access to the also mirrored entrance area on the ground floor. The centre of the pavilion is on the upper floor; a seven-metre-high round room with panoramic projection. Poetic images in a reduced black-and-white aesthetic convey the company's readiness to assume responsibility with regard to sustainable energy concepts.

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