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completed, , 2010.
The Floating Pavilion was built on an existing barge with dimensions of 10m x 20m x 3m in the form of a cargo of 32 tons of welded wire mesh, with more than 40 layers spaced so that they form a solid volume with approximate dimensions of 19m x 9m x 5,5m. A carved out space was shaped inside the volume by varying contours that form the main space as well as protrusions and openings toward the outside. Almost invisible form a distance, the structure revealed itself with different densities of steel mesh, transparencies, and vision lines, forming stunning visual effects and experience of space by very simple means. The Croatian pavilion was towed by a tugboat from the shipyard in Kraljevica to the port of Rijeka, presented to the public on August 21st 2010, and on to Venice where it was to be moored at the main pier during the opening of the Biennale.
PROJECT NAME Brod / the Ship / La Nave: A Floating Pavilion for Croatia at the Venice Biennale
PROJECT NO 1039
PROGRAM public, culture
STATUS completed
PROJECT 2010-2010
CONSTRUCTION 2010-2010
LOCATION
GROSS FLOOR AREA 149 m²
VOLUME 800 m³
FOOTPRINT 149 m²
CLIENT Ministry of culture, Republic of Croatia
COMMISSIONER Leo Modrčin
PROJECT TEAM Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Igor Franić, Tatjana Grozdanić Begović, Petar Mišković , Silvije Novak, Veljko Oluić, Helena Paver Njirić, Lea Pelivan, Toma Plejić, Goran Rako, Saša Randić, Idis Turato, Pero Vuković, Tonči Žarnić
ORGANIZER Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka
MARITIME CONSULTANT Miljenko Gržalja
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Zvonomir Sabljak
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE ST Engineering - Nicola Ferrari
MANAGEMENT Jerica Ziherl, Nataša Radović
SPONSORS 3.Maj Shipyard
Kraljevica Shipyard
Jadranski pomorski servis
AVC
PHOTOGRAPHY Domagoj Blažević, Želimir Gržančić
LINKS Pavilion.hr web page