Ode To Osaka

Fri Aug 21, 2015Studio, InstallationNorway2015Scandinavian, ModernManthey Kula, AS

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

ODE TO OSAKA

Manthey Kula Architects

ARCHITECTS
Manthey Kula Architects

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Oslo, Norway

CATEGORY
Office, Pavilion

Text description provided by architect.

Architect Sverre Fehn’s competition entry for the Scandinavian pavilion at the World Fair in Osaka 1970 is part of the Norwegian National Museum – Architecture’s collection.

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Fehn’s proposal of a breathing structure where images of Scandinavian nature was to be projected on the expanding and contracting walls did not win the competition and was never realized.

The inflated structure is considered to be atypical in Fehn’s production,

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

But the iconic images of the flexible, moving structure still have their power.

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

Ode To Osaka — © Manthey Kula

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