BIG . + CHART ART FAIR
One of Europe’s largest music events Roskilde Festival marks the debut of BIG’s inflatable pavilion named SKUM (in English: FOAM). Inspired by inflatable castles of childhood, SKUM’s bubble-like cloud shape is completely filled with air, meaning that it is fully transportable with little assemblage required. During Roskilde, the pavilion is acting as a VIP bar for the historic Copenhagen-born Tuborg Brewery before it moves on to Chart Art Fair later this summer, then to its permanent home at the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum.
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With the SKUM Pavilion, we were invited to design a mobile structure for three Danish institutions: Tuborg Brewery, Chart Art Fair and ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. In response to the challenge of creating a permanent structure that is also fully transportable, we drew inspiration from inflatable castles of childhood.
SKUM (in English: FOAM) is a bubblelike cloud pavilion that is filled with air powered by two wind turbines. Fully inflated in seven minutes, the idea behind its construction was to plug in and play.
Debuting as the Tuborg VIP bar at Roskilde Festival 2016, the pavilion features a 120 square meter canopy for visitors to relax under its generous shade. Its lowimpact construction offers maximum visibility while incurring a minimal environmental footprint. Colorchanging LED lights are programmed to illuminate the
pavilion during the evenings, providing the warm glow of an enormous nightlight on the festival and museum grounds.
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Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange
Project Leader: Hugo Soo
Team: Krisoffer Negendahl, Rahul Girish, Tore Banke
