Pine Sanctuary_ 파인 생크추어리

캐나다 미시소거의 녹색 파빌리온…

3,161개의 알루미늄 줄무늬 패턴을 적용, 식물의 껍질을 벗기는 듯 연출한 기하학적인 구조물

캐나다 온타리오주 남부에 있는 미시소거 도시에 소나무 형태의 특별한 구조물이 들어섰다. 보는 사람들로 하여금 꽃잎 구조나 한 그루의 인공적인 나무로 인식하게 만드는 파빌리온은 리버우드로 가는 길목에서 공원의 입구를 알려주고 눈에 띄는 강렬한 시각적 아이콘으로 다가온다.

파인 생크추어리는 조각과 건축 사이에서 특유의 위트감으로 방문자에게 신선한 기대감을 부여한다. 마치 식물의 껍질이나 꽃잎을 보는 듯 박리된 이중층 표면은 그림자와 얼룩덜룩한 색상을 연출한다. 구조물을 형성하는 표면은 2mm 두께의 얇은 알루미늄판을 굽히고, 이어 붙여 전체적으로 하나의 커다란 완결성을 보여준다. 3,161개의 줄무늬 패턴은 저마다의 위치에 따라 밀도가 조정되고 크고 작은 틈새 사이로 다공성 영역을 만들어준다. 구조물 아래에서 본다면 작은 틈 사이로 자연광이 유입되고 큰 틈으로는 하늘과 주변 풍경이 여유 있게 들어온다.

구조물을 형성하는 패턴과 색상 또한 독특하다. 바깥쪽은 녹색의 스트라이프 패턴이, 안쪽은 푸른 계열의 스트라이프 패턴이 절묘하게 맞대어져 사뭇 재미있고 신선한 구조물의 형태를 만들어준다. 그린과 파란색, 검정색과 흰색의 혼합으로 구성된 내외부 표면은 서로 절묘하게 엮어져 감각적인 모습을 연출한다. 알루미늄 패널의 접합면은 전체적으로 기하학적 포켓을 형성하며 언뜻 보기에 물방울이 떨어지는 묘한 분위기 마저 느껴진다. 구조물의 외관은 맨 위쪽 중심부에서 껍질을 에워싸듯 서로 감싸고 있고 어느 각도로 보든 비정형의 모습으로 다가온다.

설계를 맡은 MARC FORNES/ THEVERYMANY는 초박형 알루미늄을 통해 구현한 파빌리온을 만들기 위해 디지털 설계 시스템을 적용했다. 구조물을 형성하는 선형 줄무늬와 아치형 구성 요소는 레이저로 커팅하여 만들어졌다. 프로젝트는 에드먼튼예술위원회의 의뢰를 통해 시작되었으며, 에드먼튼 보덴파크의 영구적인 공공예술 프로젝트였다. 이처럼 파인 생크추어리 파빌리온은 장소의 이정표이자 차별화된 상징성을 부여하며, 가까이 다가서는 방문자를 위한 호기심 있는 놀이를 위한 장소로 색다른 경험을 유도한다.

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Architectc_ MARC FORNES/ THEVERYMANY

Photos by Light Monkey Photography

On the road to Riverwood, a peak among pines announces the sprawling park, a scenery of natural splendor, but unreal experiences. Pine Sanctuary by MARC FORNES/ THEVERYMANY is a “placemaker” for Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga. It signals the entrance to the park and provides a unique spatial experience for visitors to wander through and enjoy. From the speed of a car driving down Burnham thorpe Road West, the piece stands out as a visual icon, but its tall and pointed profile is at home in the context of Riverwood’s pine trees, even if it provokes a second look.

But is it a tree? Real-world comparisons are subjective; depending on the person viewing, they may vary from flower to petals to spanning webs. The colors of the piece pop. They are borrowed from their environment, but heightened and pushed to the realm of pop artificiality: a stepped gradient of aqua, chartreuse, and cyan vibrates among other greens and blues.

This first glimpse of Pine Sanctuary instills a childlike sense of curiosity. An inviting enclosure at a scale between sculpture and architecture, at once playful and mystical, it tempts a passerby to enter. Inside, intrigue is rewarded with a unique experience of space and light, and a deep, quiet, contemplative appreciation. This might translate into wonder about what this fantastical anomaly is, and how it was made, or something more introspective and meditative. The delaminated, double-layered skin provides a moiré of colors, as well as shadows and speckled light to catch on the ground. This is a place for spontaneous play as much as it is a sanctuary for one to simply lose their time.

In a kind of dance, this system of branches rotates around a center point. The overall geometry is comprised of an aggregation of dripping "Macro Shingles" which form pockets of space, blurring the lines between inside out, while increasing shadowy coverage. There's no trunk holding up this arboreal structure. Instead, it opens up into a shady space. Macro shingles resolve into branches that touch the ground lightly around a covered grove, like a redwood hollowed out. A top central moment peels away and branches into several feet that lightly meet the ground, along the way creating a labyrinth through which one can slip in, out and around. Circling the structure, no facade ever repeats itself. The new, unique angle upon every step forward prolongs the sense of discovery.

"Bending-Active" describes a form-finding process that derives from the elastic deformation of a plate element. In this case, the bending behavior of 2mm thick aluminum stripes assumes curvature to gain structural performance. Much of the existing research on bending-active structure investigates the elastic properties of wood; yet wood cannot fold or crease. Here, thin aluminum allows us to create a hybrid structure: most of the stripes bend into place while also connecting to a thin spine made from folded plates, articulated in black

The project is an example of the studio’s innovative "Structural Stripes"—a building system in which a continuous surface is de/composed into custom designed and digitally fabricated parts, cut from ultra-thin aluminum. They laminate in multiple directions to create the curvilinear form of each component piece. Linear stripes and arching components are laser cut from thin-gauge aluminum sheets and painted with fours shades of green, a blue, black and white to produce a dynamic coloration across the whole system. The stripes of Pine Sanctuary adjust in density, so that gaps between them generate areas of porosity. In petal-like forms, the stripes merge together at the base, offering spaces where dancers and explorers and tree-dwellers of all kinds can tuck in, recline, or hide for a moment. 3,161 unique stripes accumulate to host these activities. Day and night, our tree-like pavilion anticipates diverse occupations. When and how you choose spend your time there is up to you. Pine Sanctuary is the studio’s second public art project in Canada, after “Vaulted Willow,” a permanent folly in Borden Park in Edmonton, commissioned by the Edmonton Arts Council.

Pine Sanctuary by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY is a placemaker for Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga, Ontario. An inviting enclosure at a scale between sculpture and architecture, it signals the entrance to the park and provides a unique canopy for occupations of all kinds.

In a clearing along Riverwood Park Lane, a system of branches rotates around a center point. There's no trunk holding up this arboreal structure. Instead, it opens up into a shady interior. The overall geometry is comprised of an aggregation of "Macro Shingles" which form pockets of space, blurring the lines between inside out, while increasing shadowy coverage. These Macro Shingles resolve into branches that touch the ground lightly around a covered grove, like a redwood hollowed out.

The project is an example of the studio’s innovative "Structural Stripes"—a building system in which a continuous surface is de/composed into custom designed and digitally fabricated parts, cut from ultra-thin aluminum. Held in place as a “Bending-Active” structure, they laminate in multiple directions to create the curvilinear form of each component piece. 3,161 unique stripes are painted with fours shades of green, a blue, black and white to produce a dynamic coloration across the whole system. The delaminated, double-layered skin provides a moiré of colors, as well as shadows and speckled light to catch on the ground. A mystical space under dynamic shade and between leafy surfaces, Pine Sanctuary remains a place for spontaneous play as much as for quiet sanctuary among trees.

Pine Sanctuary was commissioned by the City of Mississauga, Public Art Collection. It is the studio’s second public art project in Canada after Vaulted Willow, a permanent folly in Borden Park in Edmonton, commissioned by the Edmonton Arts Council.

Design/Build : MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

Commissioned : City of Mississauga, Public Art Collection

Engineering : LaufsED

Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada

Dimensions: 26’ H×20’ W×20’ D

Parts: 3,161 “Structural Stripes” in 2mm aluminum