The purpose of my bachelor thesis was to explore the phenomenon of pavilions and point out their presence or the lack of it, their importance, triviality, ornamentality and thus give them more space than what they are occupying right now. I was in pursuit of an answer to the question: What are the purpose and the form of both traditional and contemporary pavilions in the urban environment? I discovered that the pavilion is in its essence an object, a construction that carries a strong social potential.
I approached the problem on two levels, conceptually and visually, the latter through creative work with own photographs of pavilions, inspired byGerman artists Bernd and Hilla Becher's architectural photos – typologies. Utilising this approach I created a unique visual solution to the problem of inconspicuousness of traditional pavilions. This – becherian – façon exposes the multitude of forms of these structures and invites the spectator to seek for details, similarities and differences. In comparison, my solution attributes meaning to pavilions as a type of frames, through which one can look.
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