Studio Morison has installed a dusty pink coloured pavilion at the historic Berrington Hall's walled garden in Herefordshire, United Kingdom. This striking sculptural pavilion was created by duo artists Heather Peak and Ivan Morison, who are the founders of Studio Morison in United Kingdom.

The bold pink-coloured pavilion - called Look! Look! Look! - was created as part of the National Trust’s programme Trust New Art to showcase new works by established and emerging artists available in unique and historic settings.

Image © Marsha Arnold

Covering a 100-square-metre area, the dusty pink pavilion is situated within the walled garden at the Georgian mansion, highlighting the importance of this piece of 'living history' as the final masterpiece by iconic Georgian landscape designer Capability Brown. 

The artists were inspired by the popularity of garden buildings or 'eye-catchers' such as these in the Georgian era. The folded form of the structure echoes the geometric shapes found in the interior design of the mansion, and it also bears more than a passing resemblance to a pineapple - inspired by 18th-century traditions of importing exotic fruit, particularly pineapples which are thought to have been once grown at Berrington.

Image © Ivan Morison

The artists spent more than a year researching Berrington’s Georgian history and the significance of the walled garden which would have been used as a symbol of the family’s wealth, cultivation and contemporariness. 

Image © Ivan Morison

The Look! Look! Look! pavilion tries to reconnect with some of the fundamental ideas, themes and activities that were present in the Georgian garden, to trace them out to wider Georgian life, and specifically back to Berrington Hall and the National Trust’s collection.

The artists first designed the structure by using origami-art made of a paper, then worked with structural engineers, Artura, to bring this pavilion to life. The pavilion is made out of a sunked metal foundation frame, held with screw anchors, with a timber structure over-laid with a special woven fabric which can withstand all weathers – in a pink colour chosen from a traditionally Georgian palette.

Image © Ivan Morison

The structure was broken down into 90 frames; each made up of an intricate jigsaw of cnc’d timber pieces, constructed at the artists’ studios. The fabric was pulled over and fixed to each rhomboid and then assembled on site in the walled garden. The wooden cobbled floor is made from timber which is cut, brunt and then oiled to make it weather- resistant.

The final piece looks strong and sculptural from far away, but takes on a translucent appearance from inside. The artists have also created bespoke, sculptural furniture housed inside the pavilion which echoes the geometric form of the structure.

Image © Marsha Arnold

Look! Look! Look! pavilion will be open to the public until December 2019 and will house a programme of events and activities including music and yoga. The project also marks the start of Berrington’s plans to raise funds to research and restore its walled garden back to its Georgian origins.

Top image © Ivan Morison

> via Studio Morison