Black-painted wooden clads the demountable Black Pavilion, a tent-like construction designed by structure studio Buero Wagner to be versatile for a spread of makes use of.

At present put in within the grounds of Villa Massimo, dwelling of the German Academy in Rome, Black Pavilion can be utilized as something from an exhibition house to a bar.

It’s constructed with a structural picket body clad in black plywood panels, which is demountable and supposed to be simply movable by 5 folks or on a automotive trailer.

Munich-based Buero Wagner initially designed the construction in 2022 and it has since been used for quite a lot of exhibitions and occasions throughout Rome.

“The Black Pavilion was designed for use as flexibly as attainable,” defined the studio.

It could function an intimate exhibition house or be tailored right into a bar-like construction with low tabletops by opening out hinged panels on the roof.

For performances and bigger gatherings, the 2 halves of the pavilion will be separated totally to be able to body an open house in between.

“For exhibitions, objects are positioned on picket pedestals between the help construction and illuminated via small round openings within the roof surfaces,” defined Buero Wagner.

“With the roof surfaces folded out, a table-like space is created that can be utilized as a bar for cooking and consuming, [and] to be able to use the pavilion for bigger occasions the perimeters will be positioned with elevated distance between one another,” it continued.

Small and enormous round openings create an atmospheric inside to the pavilion, which is at the moment accessed via black curtains at both finish constructed from repurposed roofing membrane.

In and out, the entire construction has been given a darkish black end. This was chosen for its skill to create a stark distinction to its environment, notably when in additional pure settings.

“At the side of the darkish tonality, a adverse house is created inside, via which centered and, because of the lack of reflections within the inside, colour-intensified views are made attainable,” described Buero Wagner.

“A change of perspective is made attainable by the person adjustment of dimension and sort of view via the movable roof surfaces, [creating] ever new conditions of sunshine, view and house,” it continued.

In summer time, the pavilion will present exhibition house for the Villa Massimo Artwork Pageant earlier than shifting as soon as once more to a music competition on the Gasometro in Rome.

Buero Wagner is an structure studio established in 2016 by German architect Fabian Wagner. Its earlier initiatives embrace a basement workplace extension made with industrial supplies and a charred timber-clad lake home extension.

The pictures is by Kim Fohmann.