01/08/2025
For the Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice, collaborated with , , and among others to create the SOMBRA pavilion. With its shape inspired by heliodon devices, this “ode to the sun” provides a dynamic shading structure in the European Cultural Centre’s Giardini Marinaressa. The SOMBRA pavilion – its name a portmanteau of the Latin words for sun (sol) and shade (umbra) – serves as a demonstration vehicle for an innovative technology: kinetic building elements that work based exclusively on passive physical principles, without using electronics or motors.
The undersides of the arches are adorned with the words “sun and shade” written in over 200 languages – not only providing a reference to the pavilion’s name, but offering a reminder that our relationship with the sun is a universal human experience.
The ‘Sun and shade’ lettering is done with Avery black matte foil
