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Call Me Flower
A blossoming pavilion in Queen Victoria Gardens
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Previous page and this page: Earl Carter. (All images courtesy Sean Godsell Architects)
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In the green oasis of Queen Victoria Gardens, right in the heart of Melbourne and set against the backdrop of the city’s skyscrapers, sits a simple metal box of 15 by 15 metres: the MPavilion. Inspired by the Serpentine Gallery annual temporary pavilion installations on the other side of the globe, the MPavilion is hosting a four-month programme of events dealing with art and architecture. As architect Sean Godsell explains, it also has a functional purpose: “This is a summer pavilion and in Australia we need shade.” He connects his little building to the hay sheds, barns and verandahs of the Australian Outback where people congregate for shelter from the sun and heat. Each morning when its pneumatic arms lift the perforated aluminium panels to reveal its interior, the pavilion “blooms like a flower” – a flower that also closes its petals again at sunset when the pavilion shuts up for the night. p (fh)
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