tham & videgard: cloud chamber

1:1 architects build small spaces exhibition
victoria & albert museum, london
on now until 30 august 2010



'cloud chamber' by tham & videgard

this week was the opening of the 1:1 architects build small spaces exhibition at
the victoria & albert museum, london. the show consists of concept designs from
nineteen invited architects. responding to specific locations in the museum, the architects
explored themes such as study, work, play, performance and contemplation. seven of
the proposals were then selected for construction at full-scale. the concept models
and presentation panels for all nineteen submissions are on display in architecture gallery 128a.

swedish firm tham & videgard are amongst the nineteen firms who are displaying their work.

'cloud chamber'
resembling an abstract wooden cloud or fallen star, this structure houses projectors and screens
programmed with time-lapse imagery of cloud formations. contrasting with the solid, emphatic
exterior, every surface of the interior is covered with these film projections, thus offering an
experience of weightlessness and intangibility. the architects propose that after the exhibition
the structure would be hollowed out and become a children’s storytelling shelter.



'cloud chamber' model



'cloud chamber' in the exhibition space



'cloud chamber' outdoors


'cloud chamber' perspective view



'cloud chamber' perspective view



'cloud chamber' floor plan of the gallery in V & A