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POTTERS FIELDS PARKSouthwark
TOBY PATERSONPowder Blue Orthogonal PavilionToby Paterson (b. 1974) lives and works in Glasgow, UK and has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including 'Generosity', Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (2007) and 'After the Rain', Curve Gallery, Barbican, London (2005)
He has recently completed a substantial commission for the façade of the new BBC headquarters in Glasgow (designed by David Chipperfield architects) and is about to embark on further significant projects in London and Bristol.
“The primary thought behind Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion is that it should be less a discrete ‘building' and more a sculptural collection and arrangement of planes that allow light and space to flow through and between them. The intention of making a form of modular drawing in space sets it one remove from the functional structures that surround Potters Fields Park.
My approach has been to introduce another ‘image' into the already rich, if linear, narrative of the riverside walk rather than try to develop a narrative or singular reading within the structure itself. I enjoy the idea of the pavilion being an open, interpretable and non-prescriptive form developed directly from the visual and formal vocabulary I've been using in my work for some time now. Reference points would include the optimistically light touch of the 1951 Festival of Britain, and in particular structures such as Erno Goldfinger's kiosk designs and the Regatta restaurant and as well as exhibition designs by Basil Spence, Berthold Lubetkin and Frederic Kiesler. Other more traditional park architecture, such as bandstands, kiosks etc., might also exert a background influence.
For more information about the artist www.themoderninstitute.com
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