the Nordic pavilion at the Venice Biennale 26/8 - 21/11 2010.

6 Nov 2010

Celebrating

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Celebrating the finished project.

Team

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The whole team fits inside.

Night

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Miilu by night.

Opening

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Crowd at the opening party.

Finished

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Miilu is finished!

Construction


Timelapse video showing the construction of Miilu.

Wood


A timelapse video showing the wood used for the construction.

Background

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The almost finished construction with the Nordic pavilion in the background.

Almost

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The construction is almost done.

5 Nov 2010

Outside

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The outside facing the walkway past the Nordic pavilion.

Assemble

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Starting to assemble the roof.

Shape

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The project takes shape.

Progress

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Steady progress.

Office

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The Rintala Eggertsson office for the week.

4 Nov 2010

Speeding

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The progress is speeding up.

Elements

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Pre-cut elements ready for assembly.

Alterations

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Continuous design alterations. There is a constant back and forth between designing and construction.

Cut

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Finalizing the floor. The hole for the fireplace is also cut.

Calculations

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On-site calculations by cellphone.

Need

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The shops are now open again and we can get what we need to finally begin assembling.

Replaced

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The floor has been replaced with a new dimension.

3 Nov 2010

Placement

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Initial placement of the floor.

Plan

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Floor plan.

Foundation

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The interns planning and constructing the foundation on the site.

Site

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Choosing the site.

2 Nov 2010

Stacked

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The wood is sorted and stacked inside the pavilion to keep it safe from the non-stop rain.

Challenges

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Not a single piece of wood is of the dimensions we ordered. This is not that unusual but presents some challenges.

Concept

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Early concept sketch.

Maintenance

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We prepare our stay by doing some maintenance of the pavilion and the surrounding area.

1 Nov 2010

Arrival

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The wood for the project arrives by boat, naturally.

Rintala Eggertsson in town!

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Rintala Eggertsson have arrived to Venice. We will spend the week in the pavilion with 17 interns from NTNU and Politecnico de Milano, building a fireplace in the yard in front of the "pyramid" steps.

31 Oct 2010

Soon leaving

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Arrivederci Venezia from Byggstudio.

Last visitors

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"1970s plant"

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Matching more

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Honey moon tree

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In India.

Israelian tree

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Writing tree stories

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The pavilion was very dark today, dark rainy skies in Venice.

Condensation scribble

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The pavilion is very humid today. Like a greenhouse.

Plant meanings

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This German couple rearranged the status ladder, putting the Orchid at the bottom and moving the evergreen up. They are very tired of Orchids and think that "office plants" will hace a comeback soon. They say they prefer simple, green plants.

Rental flats and Geranium

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More matching

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Matching styles

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Kids rearranging the models.

Poor Buxus semperviren

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The scale shifts

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Lemon and evergreen

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Nice office plant

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Before this was placed in the private section of the diagram. Some plants people have quite opposite views on, like the orchid and evergreen.

Ladies and house models

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Mostly kids haven been very enthusiastic about this interaction.