The Triple Folly
A collaboration between the artist Thomas Demand and Caruso St John, the pavilion is a permanent installation in the dune landscape surrounding the headquarters of the Danish textiles company Kvadrat. Will Pirkis led the project with Caruso St John, working with Demand, Kvadrat, consultants and fabricators from 2017 to completion in 2022.
The pavilion, titled The Triple Folly, joins other pieces in the landscape by Olafur Eliasson and Roman Signer, and contains spaces for dining, meeting and exhibition. The forms of the different parts come from everyday objects made from paper: a paper plate, a piece of folded legal paper, and an American soda-jerk's hat. Constructed in painted steel and fibreglass they have a model-like quality. The pavilion is Demand’s first building, and houses an artwork by Rosemarie Trockel, and fittings and furniture pieces designed for the building by Demand.
The Triple Folly with Thomas Demand and Caruso St John. Image Nic Tenwiggenhorn
The 'hat' and translucent folded legal paper. Image Nic Tenwiggenhorn
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