Tschumi pavilion
The Tschumi pavilion was designed by the deconstructivist architect Bernard Tschumi and was part of an art exhibition in the ‘90s in Groningen. Five architects were invited to the city to design temporary pavilions, but this one remained standing.
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In 1990, the Groninger Museum held the ‘What a Wonderful World’ event, for which five architects were asked to design a pavilion for showing videos. The pavilions were designed at various locations in the city, and two of them have been retained: Rem Koolhaas’s bus stop on the Emmaplein square and this one on the Hereplein square, designed by Bernard Tschumi. The pavilion consists of an elongated glass and steel construction placed on a concrete foundation causing it to slant considerably: on one side the pavilion rises two metres above the ground. The glass construction includes walls at right angles, dividing the space in five parts. Since 1995 the Tschumi pavilion has been managed by the Tschumipaviljoen foundation. Artist’s projects are realised here on a regular basis, with an emphasis on work using modern media.
Nearby
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Portal
Portal
Monument
Artist Gert Sennema placed a door and a bluestone step in front of it in a blank wall, which is not very unusual in itself, but the door does not have a door handle and therefore cannot be opened.
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Galgal Hamazalot
Galgal Hamazalot
Monument
It’s too easy to miss this work by Joseph Semah because it can be seen only when you look at the paving bricks. The artist created eleven bronze moon shapes in the Folkingestraat paving: a lunar cycle from full moon to new moon.
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Station hall
Station hall
Monument
We can already hear you saying, ‘How is a centuries-old station hall off the beaten path?’. Yet in the hustle and bustle of modern life, we’re all compelled to just hurry from one appointment to the next, taking the beauty around us for granted.
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The pre-cut parade horse
The pre-cut parade horse
Monument
This artwork in the Folkingestraat is the (pre-cut) parade horse by Marijke Gémessy, located in wall between Folkingestraat 23 and 25.
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The large division
The large division
Monument
This sculpture was created by Pierluca Degli Innocenti, an artist of Italian origin and who lived in France from 1960, which was at that time was divided by the tragedy of the Algerian war.
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Second Thought
Second Thought
Monument
Many a townie in a rush to catch their train has bumped their head on this inverted snowglobe in the bike parking garage. This ‘underground’ work of art features the familiar silhouette of the Central Station.
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Secret life in a Public Body
Secret life in a Public Body
Monument
The more than life-sized sculp…
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Rabenhauptstraat monument
Rabenhauptstraat monument
Monument
Groningen has its very own hol…
