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Momento!
A very temporary pavilion
¡Momento! is a pop-up pavilion designed by Spinagu (in collaboration with CARS) for the regional arts institiative Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. As the title suggests, ¡Momento! is in service of moments - moments of discovery, moments of learning, and moments of architecture. The pavilion is composed of four architectural corners each housing a specific setting: seating, shelving, service and shade.
The corners of the pavilion can be interconnected, disconnected, and rearranged in an endless series of spatial compositions, producing a framing device that extends the activities of the pavilion space into the public launch. As a temporary information kiosk, reading room, and discovery space for visitors to the Getty PST LA/LA Public Launch Party, the project takes its cues from the cultures of construction in both Latin America and Los Angeles, such as the stark forms of modernist Brutalist architecture and the use of raw unfinished materials in building practices.
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MoMENTO!
A VERY
TEMPORARY
PAVILION
MODULES
The pavilion is composed of four modular architectural blocks with specific programs: seating, shelving, service and shade. The modules of the pavilion can be interconnected, disconnected, and rearranged.
The pavilion functions as a temporary information kiosk, reading room, and discovery space for visitors to the Getty PST LA/LA Public Launch Party.
¡MOMENTO!
PROJECT TYPE
Pavilion
LOCATION
Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA
STATUS
Built, 2017
CLIENT
The Getty Pacific Standard Time
TEAM
Maxi Spina
Jia Gu
Daniel Arismendys Taveras-Hernandez
Ravyn Crabtree
Brandon Kintzer
Luiza de Souza
Nicholas Perseo
IN COLLABORATION WITH
CARS: Community Arts Resources
PHOTOGRAPHY
James Leng