Designed and built by architect Konstantin Ikonomidis, in collaboration with the municipality of Qeqqata, the Qaammat Fjeld pavilion is conceived as a poetic and aesthetic object, but more importantly as a symbolic gesture that recognizes the natural site and the rich history of Greenlandic culture
A glazed brick casket that is inspired by the reflections of the moon on the snow
The Qaammat Fjeld Sarfannguit pavilion, located on the Sarfannguit UNESCO site in Greenland, celebrates and promotes Inuit intangible cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of the environment
Characterized by the two fields that meet at the eastern tip of Sarfannguit on the hills, the location of the pavilion was carefully chosen by the local community, site manager Paninnguaq Fleischer-Lyberth, and architect Konstantin Ikonomidis for its impressive view of the Sarfannguit municipality
One of the most distinctive features of the Qaammat structure is its glass "shell," its interplay of transparency, scale, and weight, resulting in a feeling of surreality. The Qaammat pavilion can simultaneously alter the viewer's perspective, merge and even fade into the surrounding topography
Glass camouflages the built and delineates the landscape: the pavilion inserts its presence but remains almost invisible. The interior architectural space develops an intricate relationship with the outside, and provides an interesting and entertaining space. While sitting inside, the viewer experiences the opaque material in combination with the sun, snow
The pavilion is imagined as a canvas, which will come to life by reflecting the color palette of the surrounding environment: sun, snow, the different seasons, the passage of time. Through these multitudes of reflections and abstractions on the ground, the pavilion will generate the effect of a larger space and form different experiences
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Top image, content and gallery images: Julien Lanoo